| In the water, the same process takes place as the child gains gradual control of balance and, by degrees, increases movement ability. |
| Amos has had to come to draggin' me round by degrees, an' I don't go off the lower floor. |
| And my father, opening up by degrees, showed an unmistakable relish for Joe. |
| It was only by degrees that I started to feel some kind of artistic calling. |
| By the end of the act, he is lurking perpetually onstage, moaning and berating by degrees. |
| This song starts funkily and builds up by degrees into a most insane song. |
