When he did not move, the animals began to inch forward.

Once at the top, the car slowly inches forward into the drop area.

The traffic began to inch forward, then stopped once more.

He inched forward and let the door close behind him.

She got back in the car and started inching forward.

More important, the seat is on tracks and can move eight inches forward or back.

Even more slowly, the Enterprise began again to inch forward.

The line inched forward, and we took a step closer.

A hundred people now inched forward to see the dead man.

Then the truck inched forward as if on its own.

He pushed the idea away from him and inched forward again.

It wasn't there, and she inched forward to the wall.

There are times when inching forward can look like progress.

Inching forward in the traffic, he turned his head to the left and right.

A wonderful feeling of independence comes over me as the traffic inches forward.

She inched forward, and the man behind her followed like a shadow.

He turned his right side to Ito and inched forward.

In the waiting silence, Paul inched forward to get a better view of where his mother stood.

I placed my hands on the desk and inched forward.

One person would get in and the line would inch forward.

Inching forward, his eyes fixed on the door in the wall straight ahead of him.

"Until that is clarified, the process will just inch forward."

They inch forward cautiously on their way to the great statues.

Rod inched forward until his head was clear of the stone.

Miraculously, traffic began to move, or rather to inch forward.

We only have a couple of inches up here right now.

The album inches up from #6 to #5 in its 42nd week.

We inched up the line together for a good 10 minutes, saying nothing.

"It is eight and a half inches up per step.

It has inched up from 4,200 in 1968 to 4,900 today.

Then she gave me a hand while I inched up and onto it.

He had been inching up the line, trying to reach it.

Today, it's somewhere over 80 percent and continues to inch up.

Rather, they expect the Fed funds rate to inch up to around 7 1/8 percent.

I had also inched up toward the edge of my seat.

In their most recent proposal, they inched up again, to $102 million.

Then, in 2000, the numbers rose, and they have been inching up since.

It spent four weeks at #4 before inching up to #3 and now #2.

Pour in enough oil to come 1/2 inch up side of pan.

Also, of course, remember that people who live on interest income are just as glad to see rates inch up a bit.

The initial press run of 50,000 has inched up to 60,000.

I inched up to the bar to see what people were eating.

Gray powder began to inch up over the view plate!

After declining to 6,700 in 1989, the number inched up to 7,200 last year.

The grants have since inched up, to about $1.1 million this year.

By 1990, it had inched up to the No. 3 spot.

So we're going to inch up on our level of enforcement."

"From here the dollar should be inching up ever so slowly."

The bonds inch up in price as they get closer to maturity.

He inched up in the bed, trying not to disturb her.