1·She crawled forward inch by inch.
她一点一点地往前爬。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·He killed the man inch by inch .
他把那个人慢慢地折磨死了。
3·The policemen searched the murder site inch by inch.
警察对凶杀现场进行了地毯式的搜查。
4·I saw the sun set down inch by inch in the courtyard.
我在院子里看到太阳慢慢地落下去。
5·The doctor then was inch by worried inch ripping off the gauze dressing on his wound.
此时大夫正在一寸一寸地撕开我伤口上的纱布，每撕开一寸都感到担心。
6·We did it by summoning the courage to persevere, and adapt, and push this country forward, inch by inch.
我们通过鼓足勇气，坚持不懈，不断调整，将国家一寸一寸的不断推向前进。
7·Fortunately we have good river water which we can cart in from upstream while the drilling - inch by inch - continues.
还好，在钻井一英寸一英寸向前推进时，还有水质很好的河水可用，我们用车从上游运水过来。
8·He is carrying a pair of scissors, flying east and west, shearing south and north, selling out spring inch by inch.
他带着一把剪刀，东飞飞，西剪剪，把春天一寸寸卖光了。
9·Measuring just 1/8th of an inch by 1/4 of an inch, this is the world's smallest working train model by David Smith Photo: BARCROFT
大卫·史密斯的世界上最小火车模型，仅有1/8英寸*1/4英寸大小（约合3.2毫米*6.4毫米）。
10·The scene of long queues of vehicles worming their way inch by inch will surely impair the international image of our country.
长龙般的车辆在公路上徐徐蜗行肯定会影响我国的国际形象。