New York methodically built an 18-point lead with nine and a half minutes to play, then saw it all but disintegrate.

The Eagles methodically built a 16-0 lead through the first three quarters.

The other vampire was quietly and methodically building a sculpture out of all the metal furniture in the courtyard.

The Knicks, though, methodically built the advantage to 11 with four minutes to play and the Kings never threatened thereafter.

Then the Pacers methodically built a 5-point lead in the third quarter, before the Knicks took control.

This so-called "multisensory" approach exposes children to language through as many avenues as possible, building methodically from one lesson to the next.

Leading 82-76 after three quarters, New York methodically built an 81-70 lead with eight and a half minutes to play.

He hit every shot he took in the first half after the missed dunk, and the Nets followed, methodically building a lead.

Songs build methodically from riff and shout to over-arching melody, with no detours.

But a simply breathtaking moment follows, as her father methodically builds Eurydice a place to live, constructed only of a long piece of string.