dwindle gradually
Frequency: 7.817.5 per million words
To describe a slow, progressive decrease.
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- The country's natural resources have been dwindling gradually over the last century.
- As the days turned into weeks, their hope of finding survivors began to dwindle gradually.
- The audience for the long-running TV show started to dwindle gradually after the main star left.
- Without a steady income, his savings would dwindle gradually.
- The population of the small village is expected to dwindle gradually as young people move to the city.
- Her initial enthusiasm for the project seemed to dwindle gradually with each new setback.
- We watched the daylight dwindle gradually as the sun set behind the mountains.
- Our stock of winter coats will dwindle gradually as the sale continues.
- Membership in the old book club has been dwindling gradually for years.
- The old empire's influence on the world stage began to dwindle gradually.