with each passing hour

idiom

: as each hour passed
She grew more nervous with each passing hour.

Examples of with each passing hour in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The risk of errors looms larger with each passing hour while nurses struggle to keep up, their own reserves of energy depleting rapidly. Smriti Kirubanandan, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024 The messages became more specific with each passing hour. Josh Axelrod, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2024 Overnight, skies more fully cloud over and bring us higher rain chances with each passing hour. A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024 Dangerous conditions, difficult recovery in ocean depths Experts said the five passengers may be facing increasingly dangerous conditions that only worsen with each passing hour. USA TODAY, 22 June 2023 Even as the prospect of finding survivors diminished with each passing hour, Alabdullah said volunteers saved three siblings trapped under the rubble in Atareb, some 10 miles from the Turkish border. Lawahez Jabari, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2023 But Kılıç and Özvataf say the community is growing as volunteers sign up with each passing hour. WIRED, 8 Feb. 2023 But now, as Russia laid siege to its neighbor, his life’s work and aspirations seemed to be crumbling with each passing hour. Paul Starobin, Wired, 22 Mar. 2022 The entire Marks household becomes less human and more sentient tailoring with each passing hour. Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2021

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“With each passing hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/with%20each%20passing%20hour. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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