How to Use day by day in a Sentence

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  • Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins' love story continues to grow, day by day and song by song.
    Mark Gray, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2024
  • By highlighting the divide between different social classes and religions, the film reveals how the chance to heal from trauma varies — some can recover, while others are left to cope day by day.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
  • With this disease, it’s forced me to take things day by day.
    House Beautiful, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Hadley Vlahos: Don’t be afraid to ask for help and take it day by day.
    Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 12 Dec. 2023
  • If the process draws out longer than that, Utah would lose leverage day by day.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Here is the complete schedule of Olympic events, day by day.
    Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
  • The decision to search will be made on a day by day basis.
    CBS News, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Just go day by day, and some guys are playing big minutes.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Both men were on strike for the first time in their lives, and have been talking one another through it day by day.
    Jenna Russell, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • It's been a hard journey – just living day by day and fighting day by day.
    Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Then, day by day, the two sets of dots began to mirror each other, to repeat the same patterns.
    Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The color of your little one's poop will probably change quite a bit day by day.
    Nicole Harris, Parents, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The situation is dynamic, and the teams on the ground are taking it day by day.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 25 July 2024
  • The future is revealing itself, day by day, week by week, and month by month.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Pick-up and drop-off schedules vary day by day as the parents juggle work schedules.
    Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
  • The chance of workers acting en masse to throw their weight behind the protests, while still a distant prospect, appears to grow day by day.
    Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Our love became a story that Enrique and I were telling each other day by day.
    Paz Pardo, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The war changes rapidly, day by day, rendering the information a snapshot in time, the source said.
    Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023
  • You get voted off the island day by day, and then the last one standing really just gets thrown on stage anywhere in the country.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2023
  • As soon as a pineapple is harvested, the clock starts ticking and the quality lowers day by day.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2024
  • Focus on taking things day by day, and write your three core outcomes or goals for each day on three separate Post-its.
    Bykomal Minhas, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Being in the moment still with one another, but also so taking step by step, day by day.
    Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Police clad in overalls have been scouring the site since April and have found an increasing number of bodies day by day.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN, 4 June 2023
  • Below, find a list of finales that will ruin your plans to have a productive Memorial Day Week, day by day.
    Vulture, 26 May 2023
  • So, despite the colder water, their desire to feed increases day by day.
    Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The marine layer will thicken day by day, reaching a depth of 5,500 feet on Thursday, say forecasters.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Martin and Potter said the idea to launch the service came to them while working at the Singing Beach parking lot, and watching as weary visitors shuffled past them day by day.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
  • There’s no timetable for Hamlin’s recovery, as doctors continue to take things day by day.
    Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2023
  • As crews search for hundreds of missing people, the death toll is rising day by day and a housing crisis is unfolding for survivors.
    Justine McDaniel and Maham Javaid, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Major media stock prices are getting hammered day by day, and a new age of austerity has gripped the once free-spending tech giants.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 14 May 2024

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