Sentence examples for inch upwards from inspiring English sources

Since the end of June we have seen the vacancy rate in leisure outlets inch upwards".

Their delinquency and foreclosure rates also inched upwards.

Counting inched upwards today yesterday from 76% to 79% of ballots.

Insurgents streamed across the desert from Pakistan; the death toll inched upwards.

As the ensemble inches upwards, local pianists are to play a specially commissioned musical cycle.

In each of the previous two votes on this issue in the Senate, the vote has inched upwards.

The state added thousands of jobs each month, more than any other state, although unemployment kept inching upwards.

Consumer prices are rising uncomfortably fast, and people's expectations of future inflation, by some measures, have inched upwards.

The BBC's revenue is inching upwards, as are British exports to Italy and Brazil; its trade to China is soaring.

"We're just inching upwards, and we've only got about a third of our students proficient," Professor Schmidt said.

As for lifting the stones, A-frames have been shown to work, while the lintels could have been inched upwards using wedges and a lot of strength.