Sentence examples for inching upward from inspiring English sources

They were inching upward.

The vacancy rate is inching upward and rents are sliding downward.

By late Thursday, the tabulation for Friday was still inching upward.

Still, the trunks of the oaks, beeches, and poplars were highways of cicadas inching upward.

Yun said rent is at a seven-year high and gas prices are inching upward.

Year on year, its procurement of sustainable timber is slowly inching upward.

Consumers put away less in savings, and credit card debt inched upward.

Fixed mortgage rates inched upward as the federal budget deadline loomed.

First-time claims for unemployment benefits inched upward last week, the Labor Department reported, to 397,000.

The number of men in the workforce -- 18,519 -- has barely inched upward.

A wave of refinancing by homeowners has declined as mortgage rates have inched upward, she said.