PIECEMEAL in a Sentence

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1. The irregulars destroyed the great army piecemeal.

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 Meanings and Examples of PIECEMEAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
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.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III.
2  The irregulars destroyed the great army piecemeal.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER III
Example Sentence:
1  Tolstoy's War and Peace is too huge to finish in one sitting; I'll have to read it piecemeal.