bit by bit

Their envy does pour out immediately but strains forth bit by bit, pressing through the narrow gaps in their bleached smiles.

The Uruguayan rugby players stranded atop a barren Argentinian mountain range didn’t stop being themselves when they started eating each other; they were worn down, bit by bit, until the unthinkable became normal.

“People still carry on with life… but you can feel the change bit by bit,” said the former activist, who did not want to reveal his real name when he spoke to us.

"Coercive control is almost the most frightening bit of domestic abuse. You meet somebody, you think they’re wonderful, attractive, and love you, and then bit by bit they start to undermine you," says Queen Camilla.

“As the only human character on the show, he’s evolving, and he evolved every year, bit by bit,” Guillén said.