Sentence examples for to inch forward from inspiring English sources

Instead, prosecutors have seemed to inch forward achingly slowly.

Sales of new residential homes (PDF) also rise, and the housing recovery appears to inch forward.

Across the region, democracy, even amid setbacks, seemed to inch forward.

But they allowed the latest version to inch forward, confident that they could still kill the proposal.

"Again heard the clackety-clack of each car of the mile-long train begin to inch forward.

SOUTHPORT, England — "Woo hoo!" shouted Rocco Mediate, like a youngster whose roller-coaster car had just begun to inch forward.

"Once we've come to a stop, we inch forward a bit to signal, hey, we're ready to go".

The belt armor had a maximum thickness of 16 inches which reduced, in 2 inches steps, down to 6 inches forward and down to 8 inches aft.

But she hopes to have inched forward a process that has many miles to go.

This will mean more hours for huge numbers of writers; more work to subsidise the work you want to do, and more risk of falling apart while you push yourself too hard to get that extra inch forward.

They fan themselves with the morning edition of La Nación and inch forward to get their immigration papers stamped at a glassed-in counter.