Sentence examples similar to keep whittling down from inspiring English sources

I kept whittling down my dream from literary fame to modest riches to just getting a book deal to, finally, simply writing a good book.

"They kept whittling down to the best they came up with was like 65/35, and then we just walked.

The Tech Coast Angels are a tough crowd; these savvy investors whittle hundreds of business plans down to fifty credible applications, then keep whittling.

"If we keep whittling away at them, it will hurt children and adults alike," she said.

But Burbank kept coming, whittling down the lead slowly but surely.

By contrast, Mediobanca has struggled to keep its influence from dwindling, whittled down by the invasion into Italy of big Wall Street investment banks.

These tighter releases keep the same formula, but whittled down to something much more manageable.

The estate tax changes matter to wealthy folks who try to whittle down their estates to keep below the threshold and avoid the 40% federal estate tax.

These numbers matter to estate planners and their wealthy clients who try to whittle down their estates to keep below the threshold and avoid the 40% federal estate tax by transferring wealth to future generations and charity.

The inflation bump up matters to wealthy folks who try to whittle down their estates to keep below the threshold, which was as low as $2 million in 2008, $1 million in 2003 and $675,000 in 2001.

They have been divided over whether to keep Univision for a couple more years to whittle down debt and increase their equity, according to the people involved in the situation.