Gradually

Examples

• For years I had gradually weaned him from that drug mania which had threatened once to check his remarkable career. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The energy which had at once supported him under his old sufferings and aggravated their sharpness, had been gradually restored to him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The chateau awoke later, as became its quality, but awoke gradually and surely. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It was afterwards gradually raised by hydraulic presses to the top, a height of 100 feet. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• And the twilight, as she now sought to pierce it, was gradually lighted by a faint spark of reassurance. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• But gradually the sense of complete subjugation came over her, and she wondered languidly what had made her feel so uneasy and excited. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• They both execrated the place in very strong language, and gradually growled themselves out, and had nothing left to say. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The word was taken up by the students of Harvard University, and gradually spread throughout the whole country. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Gradually the Army of Occupation assembled at Corpus Christi. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The English crown has been gradually built up from the plain circlet with four trefoil heads worn by William the Conqueror. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Gradually there arose before me the hat, head, neckcloth, waistcoat, trousers, boots, of a member of society of about my own standing. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Sloppy had gradually expanded with his description into a stare and a vacant grin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mademoiselle Hortense eyes him with a scowl upon her tight face, which gradually changes into a smile of scorn, You are very mysterieuse. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• From this beginning cutters gradually added additional facets to increase the brilliancy until there were thirty-four in all. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Preserve a certain order; do not attempt to jump from the ground to the gable, but rise gradually from what is simple and easily understood. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• And furthermore, that in practically every case the actual patented invention followed from one to a dozen or more gradually developing forms of the same idea. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• And now gradually came the wonder that he stood up, completely clothed, another man, and not the Bargeman. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• This, which he had intended to make more of the ordinary type, he gradually brings round to the other or ideal form. Plato. The Republic.
• For what seemed hours the eyes approached gradually closer and closer, until I felt that I should go mad for the horror of it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• They are tried first with short distances, which are then gradually increased. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Whilst, for instance, the spectator is looking at the interior of a church, he sees the objects gradually assuming different appearances. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Mr. Jingle's face gradually relaxed; and something distantly resembling a wink quivered for an instant in his left eye. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mr. Gamfield gave an arch look at the faces round the table, and, observing a smile on all of them, gradually broke into a smile himself. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Then add gradually about nine ounces of the orange-flower water, stirring constantly, continuing this operation until a fine, creamy emulsion is the result. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• She could feel his body gradually relaxing a little, losing its terrifying, unnatural rigidity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Gradually I slipped from the chair and lay on the floor. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Winter seemed conquering her spring; the mind's soil and its treasures were freezing gradually to barren stagnation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Bishop then betook himself up-stairs, and the other magnates gradually floated up after him until there was no one left below but Mr Merdle. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Gradually certain stimuli are selected because of their relevancy, and others are degraded. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• But, gradually his arm reverted home to him, and his glass was lowered and lowered until he rested it upside down upon the table. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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