Sentence examples for is inching higher from inspiring English sources

Some experts say the steady decline in killings has now leveled off or is inching higher, fueled in part by gangs and drug disputes involving a younger generation and continued high rates of poverty in many inner-city neighborhoods.

"Just one Cl atom is estimated to destroy up to 100,000 ozone molecules over its lifetime," writes Michaela Hegglin, on the University of Reading's Weather and Climate blog Right now the sun is inching higher over the Arctic horizon every day; spring is on the way, but as yet no-one is sure how much ozone will be destroyed.

On the commodities front, oil is inching higher toward $71 per barrel after news that eight foreigners were kidnapped on a Nigerian oil rig.

Pay is inching higher, but far more slowly than prior to the recession.

Exports to emerging countries from Brazil to Indonesia are inching higher.

Fees on F.H.A.-backed mortgages have been inching higher for several years.

April 4, 2014 2.45pm BST The main US jobs indices are inching higher in early trading, as Wall Street takes the jobs report in its stride.

Still, the index has been inching higher for five months -- though the latest data was gathered before the upheaval in Libya pushed oil to $100 a barrel.

The long-term decline in the United States' share of global manufacturing exports bottomed out in 2008 at 8 percent, but has since been inching higher.

In morning trading, shares of DuPont were inching higher, up 0.8% so far.

Debt markets were mixed, as short-term U.S. Treasuries were inching higher while longer maturities fell.