gradually cease
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to stop slowly over a period of time
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- As the storm moved away, the heavy rain began to gradually cease.
- The humming from the factory machinery would gradually cease each evening.
- Funding for the research project will gradually cease over the next two years.
- His enthusiastic chatter gradually ceased when he noticed no one was listening.
- After weeks of demonstrations, the public protests started to gradually cease.
- Over the decades, the use of the old dialect has been gradually ceasing.
- Production of that particular car model gradually ceased as it became outdated.
- As the sun set behind the mountains, the light began to gradually cease.
- With the new peace treaty, it is hoped that hostilities will gradually cease.
- The patient's tremors should gradually cease as the medication takes effect.