GRADUALLY in a Sentence
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258 example sentences for GRADUALLY, such as:
1. We can build up the speed gradually and safely.
2. The new employee is gradually eased in to his work.
3. The balloon descended gradually as the air came out.
4. He gradually garnered a reputation as a financial expert.
5. Peace could come only gradually, in carefully measured steps.
2. The new employee is gradually eased in to his work.
3. The balloon descended gradually as the air came out.
4. He gradually garnered a reputation as a financial expert.
5. Peace could come only gradually, in carefully measured steps.
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Meanings and Examples of GRADUALLY
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gradually
ad. in a gradual manner
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 To keep out of range of the revealing rays from within he made a circuit through the untrodden snow and gradually approached the farther angle of the basement wall.
2 The sudden heat of his tone made her colour mount again, not with a rush, but gradually, delicately, like the reflection of a thought stealing slowly across her heart.
3 As he lay there, the window-pane that faced him, growing gradually lighter, inlaid upon the darkness a square of moon-suffused sky.
4 The way to get a man interested and to hold his interest was to talk about him, and then gradually lead the conversation around to yourself-- and keep it there.
5 So he stayed and, gradually, unobtrusively, a large part of the burden of Tara shifted from Scarlett's shoulders to the bony shoulders of Will Benteen.
6 He had gradually slipped into the status of a member of the family and slept on a cot in the little dressing room off Gerald's room.
7 She had hoped that the war being over, life would gradually resume its old face.
8 For a long time she lay back with her eyes closed, hearing his heavy breathing near her, and the glow of the brandy crept gradually over her, giving a false strength and warmth.
9 Peter's sniffles stopped and his underlip began to protrude gradually until it stuck out alarmingly.
10 He began with a bar two inches from the ground and gradually worked up the height to a foot.
11 But the firmness gradually faded away before her incessant importunings and tantrums.
12 She returned a sympathetic enquiry, and gradually he was drawn on to talk of his latest purchases.
13 Indeed, he gradually came to regard it as such, and to feel a sense of personal complacency when he chanced on any reference to the Gryce Americana.
14 But gradually the captive's gasps grew fainter, or the other paid less heed to them: the horizon expanded, the air grew stronger, and the free spirit quivered for flight.
15 Presented in the light of Mrs. Trenor's vigorous comments, the reckoning was certainly a formidable one, and Lily, as she listened, found herself gradually reverting to her friend's view of the situation.
Example Sentence: (48 in 4 pages)
1 Peace could come only gradually, in carefully measured steps.
2 The balloon descended gradually as the air came out.
3 Although patience and persistence is a painful thing, but it can gradually bring you the benefits.
4 Although patience and persistence is a painful thing, but it can gradually bring you good.
5 When you turn on a transistorized radio, the sound comes on immediately; when you turn off, it fades out gradually.
6 Friction gradually caused the sliding box to slow down and stop.
7 Other actions we need to take may be more difficult, and we may have to build up to them gradually.
8 We can build up the speed gradually and safely.
9 We are gradually changing over to a completely metric system.
10 The company has gradually focused on its current areas of specialization.
11 Without the founder's drive and direction, the company gradually languished.
12 Their discussion gradually rounded into a plan for ensuring safety in production.
13 As the whisky took effect, he gradually fell into a drunken stupor.
14 The new employee is gradually eased in to his work.
15 He gradually garnered a reputation as a financial expert.