| The Delhi Sultanate gradually annexed the whole of Bengal over the next century. |
| Folk histories record that contras were gradually displaced by the introduction of the quadrille and the new couple dances. |
| Along the coast the mountains gradually merge with the shore. |
| Under attack by the eighteenth-century Rationalists, antisuicide laws gradually fell into disuse. |
| Some patients gradually develop a tolerance for the drug and need to be given a larger dose. |
| Suddenly it is stiller, except for a belchy groan. Then a high whiny sound, gradually diminishing, a sort of shush, and finally all is quiet. |
