gradually cease

Frequency: 7.513.0 per million words

to stop slowly over a period of time

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Examples (10)

  • 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  • Production of that particular car model gradually ceased as it became outdated.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.