PIECEMEAL in a Sentence
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Example sentences for PIECEMEAL, such as:
1. The irregulars destroyed the great army piecemeal.
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Meanings and Examples of PIECEMEAL
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piecemeal
ad. by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually
Classic Sentence:
1 Some of them seized my cake, and carried it piecemeal away; others flew about my head and face, confounding me with the noise, and putting me in the utmost terror of their stings.
2 The irregulars destroyed the great army piecemeal.
Example Sentence:
1 Tolstoy's War and Peace is too huge to finish in one sitting; I'll have to read it piecemeal.