| 单词 | gradually |
| 例句 | Over time, as people forget you, your silhouette gradually fades into darkness until the final time anyone says your name on this planet. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I try for a smile, and he gradually lets me down. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z During the days that followed, our lives fell into a pattern, and the reason for our captivity gradually became clear. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z How long I’d been looking at it I don’t know, but gradually I became aware that it was morning, that the pain had receded somewhat, and that I could move around without awful difficulty. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Jack straightens, removing his arm from my shoulders as he gradually rises from his chair. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Then, gradually, the glow fades, and I find myself suspended in midair, overlooking a vast expanse of blue ice and snow-covered glaciers, all shifting and cracking under their own weight. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She went on to regale them with stories about circus life—hanging from trapezes, leaping through flaming hoops, getting shot from cannons—until gradually Sticky cheered up, and the matter of parents was dropped. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z We gradually acquire the courage of our own convictions, until we are able to say, with some justice, that we know what we like. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But gradually Tally grew accustomed to the darkness, the roar of water below, the unexpected slap of cold spray against her face. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It dipped up and down, gradually leading up to a pass between two hills. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At times he worked himself up to discussing this, gradually revealing to her how it hurt him to feel there was a part of her love she withheld. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But even with only a few hours in the sun each day, her already brown arms gradually deepened in color. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z To African drums, the Cubans gradually added an array of percussion instruments that were native to the region, such as the claves and the maracas. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It is to be achieved either by gradually acquiring more and more territory and so building up an overwhelming preponderance of power, or by the discovery of some new and unanswerable weapon. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Had it percolated gradually through the years until now? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The screaming gradually subsided into deep, burning groans, which no salve could soften. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He began with sight-reading and mastering basic rhythms and pitches that gradually increased step by step to become more complex, sometimes by adding only one new note or rhythmic value at a time. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I was initially sympathetic to this group of hardliners, but gradually realized that there was no alternative to the process. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As I came to understand what Manzanar had meant, it gradually filled me with shame for being a person guilty of something enormous enough to deserve that kind of treatment. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The shore came gradually alive with seals, seagulls, and eagles, but no bears. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Other children come and stand over them and marvel, then gradually lose interest and conclude it is hopeless. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z These days most of the lots remain vacant and are gradually being reclaimed by the desert. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I charged down the street, my feet pounding divots into the gravel, the angry voices gradually fading behind me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The bicycle, at Nine, would be the powerful emblem of moving gradually out into the community, away from the protective family unit. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The ice on the river broke into great floating blocks, and gradually thinned and disappeared. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Alex heard her breathing slow as their dad stroked her hair and she gradually drifted off to sleep. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Then a faint greenish light began to glimmer out of the Glow-worm’s tail, and this gradually became stronger and stronger until it was anyway enough to see by. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z As you proceed from one level to the next, the tunnels take on gradually more complex geometric shapes, and the number of enemies and obstacles crawling up toward you multiplies drastically. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Me and Ryder see every day how the forest is slowly, gradually resurrecting. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Pennsylvania, Navy, and California quickly moved out in front of the pack, rowing high at first, then gradually dropping their stroke rates into the low thirties. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The village gradually vanishes under the shells and we lead a charmed life. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z And gradually she became aware that she wasn’t dead after all and that Baba Joseph wasn’t her grandfather. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After that, comforted, I would gradually ease back out into my games. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And gradually, one by one, they smile and pat my hand. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Clara’s retinue was gradually pushed into the back rooms of the house, and an invisible border arose between the parts of the house occupied by Esteban Trueba and those occupied by his wife. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But gradually this anger was exhausted, replaced by guilt as school grew more and more attractive to me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In this way, they gradually absorb the artistic tradition of their time and place until they have gained a firm footing in it. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The long latent period of most cancers is the time required for the infinite number of cell divisions during which fermentation is gradually increasing after the initial damage to respiration. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But like the Southern Baptists and other conservative denominations, the Assemblies gradually dropped their separatist strictures as their membership prospered and spread. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The tiny crystals disappeared gradually, the way stars did at dawn. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Mastodons, saber-toothed tigers, wolves, caribou, wild horses, and even camels all once thrived in eastern North America alongside the moose but gradually stumbled into extinction, while the moose just plodded on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Bruto!” she howled at him in hysterical fury as he bent her arm up around behind her back and twisted gradually until the potato peeler dropped from her grasp. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I saw them gradually worn down, whimpering, groveling, weeping—and in the end it was not with pain or fear, only with penitence. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The sun’s temperature will increase gradually before that, boiling off the oceans and turning Earth into an uninhabitable desert like Venus. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The reconciliation took place gradually, rather than at any sort of intense heart-to-heart meeting. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z According to these authors, the delayed but lethal effect on the young birds follows from storage of dieldrin in the yolk of the egg, from which it is gradually assimilated during incubation and after hatching. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The pain gradually fades, my vision clearing as my body gets the air it needs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z As the auction progressed, and Mr. Clutter’s worldly domain dwindled, gradually vanished, Paul Helm, remembering the burial of the murdered family, said, “It’s like a second funeral.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Once inside their home, the awkwardness gradually lessened. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Though he could not catch or understand any of the words — he supposed the language was Entish — Pippin found the sound very pleasant to listen to at first; but gradually his attention wavered. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The awful truth appearing to her gradually, like a slowly developing Polaroid. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And gradually, he became aware that the light was strengthening. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In the long run, the evolution of an independent American nation, gradually developing its political and economic strength over the nineteenth century within the protective constraints of the British Empire, was probably inevitable. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He was the videogame designer responsible for creating the OASIS, a massively multiplayer online game that had gradually evolved into the globally networked virtual reality most of humanity now used on a daily basis. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z My arms and legs gradually began to wither to sticklike proportions. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Then, gradually, I uncurled and reached for one of my assignments. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weston’s eyes widened gradually and something glinted in her eyes that was quite like sudden admiration, “Why, George, that’s a good idea.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z In the dim light she gradually saw a long attic where the dark shapes of cupboards, tables, bookcases, and furniture of all kinds had been put into storage. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z As if in answer, the room suddenly filled with a low, whining snarl, which gradually slid higher in pitch. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He had suffered a concussion but gradually regained consciousness through the dawn and staggered about half-blinded into the open, with no more sense of direction than an insect rushing at flame. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Side by side they studied the road, which sloped gradually down toward the south. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I watched how Flint gradually learned to use more and more of the different calls and gestures that chimpanzees use to communicate with each other. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z God only knows how long I sat there in my chair, staring out the window at the desert, until my soul gradually returned to my body. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Mohammad walks between us, but gradually he pulls back. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Where wheat became particularly abundant, and game and other food sources were also plentiful, human bands could gradually give up their nomadic lifestyle and settle down in seasonal and even permanent camps. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind freshened throughout the night, gradually increasing until the Frog was boiling happily along at a steady four and a half knots. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then gradually as he sat there his thoughts turned to a picture that had long been stored inside him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Ron, Harry, and Hermione sat apart from everyone else by a dark window that was gradually filling up with snow, and Harry read out: Dear Harry, Congratulations on getting past the Horntail. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The couple has now resided there for a dozen years and gradually persuaded the Fayu to renounce violence. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He felt the tenseness flow gradually from him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The Susan Marie rocked a full five minutes and while gradually she settled once again the body of her skipper settled, too, into his salmon net. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The hellish whistle could be heard gradually disappearing in the distance. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The talking gradually stops as they wait for Debbie to introduce me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The Christian religion gained influence in Europe over several centuries, gradually overcoming the old religions practiced by the people living there. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Jody sat with his chin in his hands; his mouth worked nervously, and his father gradually became aware that he wasn’t listening very carefully. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Generally, they’d stumble around with the blind staggers for a while, then gradually get well. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z As my mother talked to herself more and more, she gradually became less responsive to us. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They sat in the shade and gradually one by one they stretched out and slept. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But gradually the voices merged into a low rumble and faded into the distance. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z A doghouse sat rotting and half collapsed in one corner, and near it a toppled laundry line was gradually being swallowed by brush. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They plodded through the poppy fields and gradually moved away from the Big House toward the gray-brown hills that lay on the horizon. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When he said, “It’s only a week,” her eyes filled slowly, as if some internal flood were gradually overwhelming her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But gradually we warmed to one another again and spent several hours poking about a stagnant pond and playing a game of nineholes with stones, and in other pursuits too trivial to recount. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Miss Wren meant this menagerie to be an ark, but gradually it’s become a tomb.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He stared at the darkness around him, and at the profiles that gradually emerged from this gloom, which was so like the gloom of Hell. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But gradually his face had hardened into the permanent threat of a scowl, and his hands clenched in fists by his sides as if itching for something to set him off. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “At first it seemed to be hopeless,” Pa writes to Theo, “but it has gradually got better, particularly since we agreed that he will stay with us for the time being, to make studies here.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But the headlights don’t gradually fade away, which they should if he kept backing up or turned away. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I felt my breathing gradually creeping toward hyperventilation as I approached the door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When we didn’t come, they began gradually to come down to us. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Their possessions would gradually find their way out of their moving containers and be put away—clothes would move to closets after they were worn and washed, that sort of thing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The searchlights below the craft made it look as if it were standing on several legs of light and gradually lowering itself to lie down. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Spoke of those gradually increasing doses of pituitary administered during the final ninety-six metres of their course. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z For nearly an hour the voices went on, the angry shouting gradually giving way to low tense words that could not be distinguished. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The youngsters jostled and splashed and peeped with excitement, and gradually they paddled in the direction of their parents. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z There was also some other brush that did not feel like sea grape, but Timothy did not know the name of it To the south, the beach sloped gradually out into the water. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the next several weeks they’ll gradually step up to a daily ration of thirty-two pounds of feed, including twenty-four pounds of corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The lake, which was receding gradually anyhow, experienced another sudden drop. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But gradually, due largely to threats of dismissal from jobs, the need for money to survive and intimidation and beatings by the police, many black men and women returned to work. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Why had she been allowed to become gradually less than human and at last ... Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z As this new pesticide-resistant Aedes aegypti gradually reestablished itself in Central and South America, another problem was noted. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Where they had been grassy and sloping away gradually, the banks were steeper and cut away, exposing the dirt and mud. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z It happened gradually, as I kept singing and talking to people at churches. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The voice drove me nuts at first, but I gradually got used to it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He looked helplessly back at Curley’s wife, and gradually his sorrow and his anger grew into words. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Genes that produce fitness become gradually overrepresented in populations through the selection of phenotypes, thereby allowing organisms to become more and more adapted to their environments. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z First, its rays penetrated through the leaves, and gradually, with cockcrows and sparrows that vigorously proclaimed daylight, the golden sun sat at the top of the forest. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z His face gradually became lighter and lighter shades of brown, his pink mouth the only part of him that wasn’t filthy. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I see how it is already gradually breaking down around me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But gradually I adjusted to being around people who were happy all the time. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “As other businesses left this building,” her dad explained, “City Lights gradually took over the whole space.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Within the next two decades or so, most of his educated contemporaries gradually came to the same conclusion. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The basalt highway led gradually downward, and after a while the slope increased, so the creatures could freewheel. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And gradually it came to him that CeUa had forgotten him, that she was never going to rescue him from this prison. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe it leads to a long tunnel that goes way out beyond Ember, and then gradually up and up until it comes out at the other “What other city?” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Mama screamed, and I guess I was scared, because I just felt frozen—like I was watchin ’ myself on TV—as the movin’ steps gradually gobbled my shoestring and pulled my foot toward its teeth. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I gradually adjust to life on the farm and let go of my dream of returning home. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He begins to move slowly, just testing his limbs, and gradually begins to swim. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The memorizing was more a discipline for him, like a serious craft or martial art, a chosen kind of suffering involving hours of practice and concentration by which you gradually came to know yourself. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Though these mountains were unfamiliar to him, the trees were the same as at home—maple, oak, and wild plum giving way gradually to pines as he climbed higher. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z So gradually, she pressed her teeth together and learned to hush. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Ishmael, at school, feigned detachment in her presence and ignored her in the casual way she gradually taught him to use. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Owning and maintaining a fraud had a way of gradually demoralizing one. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z And very gradually the children began to play out-of-doors again. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the past five years, I’d managed to slowly, gradually raise my avatar up to third level. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Southwest gradually became farmers by acquiring Mexican crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Nothing changes instantaneously: in a gradually heating bathtub you d be boiled to death before you knew it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z On this basis of material stability Orgoreyn had gradually built up a unified and increasingly efficient centralized state. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z You submerged it in a bath of water, and then it rose gradually up to the surface, on a stream of bubbles. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Pulling gracefully and efficiently, they gradually overpowered Navy and settled in behind Cal. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z This goes on while I shake more hands and say more things, and the room gradually clears. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She stood in front of him, bodies touching, her arms out, his hands around her waist They negotiated the turns without words, Tally shifting her weight gradually, waiting for David to follow her lead. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z In front there were still the same heroic columns and the Versaillesesque garden, but in the back the style gradually disappeared. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Memories play over and over, until I can’t tell whether or not they’ve started again from the beginning, and gradually, I drift off into sleep, surrounded by ghosts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This went on, his voice gradually growing quieter, finally dropping to a mumble that I could not hear. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Lava-lamp color splotches spun in the darkness around her and gradually faded as her eyes adjusted to the dark. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z It’s an effort to stoop; despite the exercises, I can feel my body gradually seizing up, refusing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z My new lungs are amazing, the physical pain of the surgery gradually giving way to a whole new life. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The stench had been growing so gradually, he hadn’t registered it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z With the apartment as our headquarters, I gradually got Reginald introduced around to Creole Bill’s, and other Harlem after-hours spots. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever Miss Ulfat had a break in her schedule, my mother would visit, her notebook and pencil in hand, until gradually the strange squiggles and symbols on the page revealed themselves to her. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The salve must have been effective, for the intense pain gradually subsided and was replaced by a duller throbbing that would not go away. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, my wrists were rusty after more than a week off, but I gradually warmed up until I was playing blazingly fast and much harder than usual. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, while the four members of the Egypt gang stared at them in helpless fuming anger, they just sat there, leaning against each other’s backs, still shaking with gradually weakening seizures. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She leaned forward, her weight pressing into him, and as her feet gradually slipped down the stone, their lips met. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But the feather mattress was deliciously soft, and her weary nerves gradually relaxed. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z At last the people thinned out and gradually disappeared from the streets and the parked cars drove away and the town settled to sleep. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as though all those layers of cloud were gradually being peeled away until, at last, on the sixth day they rode with the Xi, they saw the sun. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Outside, in the distance, the little girls were moving about in the gradually lightening meadow, their arms filled with flowers. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In doing so he had gradually begun to erode the racial attitudes of many—though far from all— white Americans. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He felt her body growing gradually less stiff; but her eyes were searching his face. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z What is more, it gradually moved, with respect to the distant stars, much faster than any remote object could.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He watches, and gradually I see his muscles loosen and relax. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Not until I knelt down and apologized did he move from his place and, gradually, become friendly again. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Henry stood patiently, gazing down at the floor; gradually his eyes began to wander, and after about five minutes he made an exasperated noise and looked up. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Despite everything, I had to laugh, and gradually my own laughter began to affect me like a balm. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His right, as far as he can tell, is gradually coming back. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I saw a round white object gradually protruding from the feathers between her legs. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Tally saw the struts of the powerjack unfolding underneath the tie, gradually forcing it up, the rail above beginning to pull free of its moorings. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The expansion may gradually slow, stop and reverse itself. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only was he on the defensive, he was gradually being edged back toward the soldiers, who had lifted their swords up to make a wall of deadly spikes. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, she turned to face me, taking in my appearance a little at a time, starting with my feet and then gradually working her way up to my face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He rode past waiting men, gradually began to become annoyed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z However, musically, it is quite advanced in that as you gradually silence the letter of the word B-I-N-G-O, the brain compensates for the missing pitch and rhythm using the inner ear. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z That summer the farm outside the fence gradually shut down. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Gerald sat next to the phone, thinking about how things had gradually changed since last year. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He lathered and spray-rinsed, lathered and spray-rinsed, maybe ten or twelve times, each time gradually closing the hot- water faucet, until the rinse was cold, and that helped some. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In the soft half-darkness his stiff manners gradually relaxed into a boyish eagerness. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z His attentions therefore gradually settled on those humans whose bodies were least offensive—children. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Her changed personality gradually began changing mine too. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z One leg jerked in a solitary spasm which quieted gradually to a twitch and then stopped. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The birds, once down to zero in the East, were gradually making a comeback, thanks largely to a falconer, Heinz Meng. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I decided to take a few more items each day, gradually building up my supply. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z This layer cake of manure, woodchips, and straw gradually rises beneath the cattle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Then he heard the draff, this time a long low sucking of air that grew gradually to a drone, then a roar. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The balance is delicate and government veterinarians have found that repeated small doses can gradually deplete an animal’s supply of the protective enzyme cholinesterase, so that without warning a minute additional dose will cause poisoning. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Why, Jenkin might ask, weren’t all Darwin’s finches gradually turning gray?* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “There were all kinds of things of which I was afraid at first...But by acting as if I was not afraid, I gradually ceased to be afraid,” Roosevelt stated. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The lifters gradually regained purchase on the track, until the hoverboard had brought her level with the broken end of the bridge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z His arms gradually bent at the elbows and his hands closed into fists. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, very gradually it seemed, the terrible pressure began to slacken. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was cut short, higher at the front and gradually reducing in an arch until it got to the back of her head, where there was little hair. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I sit in a hard leather chair across from the man himself as it gradually sinks in that there is nothing to discuss. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Towards midnight she began to wander in her speech; and after that it gradually set in that she said innumerable times in a low solemn voice, “What have I done!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Expression– begins slow and soft, gradually becomes louder and faster. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z A tune that gradually snaked upwards in its first half might gradually snake downwards in its second. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Mile after mile after mile after mile he drove, and now, gradually, the car went slower and slower, until it was hardly moving at all. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes only a few drops made it past his dried lips, but gradually moisture coated his throat and finally allowed him to swallow. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z So I gradually calmed down and finally shut up. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Somehow, without my realizing it, my obsession with finding Halliday’s Easter egg was gradually being supplanted by my obsession with Art3mis. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Home gradually began to feel more distant, almost like a place in my imagination. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z That evening, the news from each state gradually came in by telegraph to Lawnfield’s campaign office. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I was slowly separating from my parents, gradually less inclined to blurt every last thought in my head. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I wore pajamas for the first time, finding them uncomfortable in the beginning, but gradually growing used to them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But as the Egypt Game became second nature to its six participants, and they began to feel more and more at home in the land of Egypt, they gradually began to forget about being cautious. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z In the press car, a hush had gradually fallen over the Washington contingent of writers and coaches as they had taken in just how far behind the Husky Clipper was. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Very gradually, like one instrument after another being tentatively rehearsed, beacons of color began to pierce the sky. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d gradually begun to add more foods, especially grubs and ferns, to her plates, and she would eat them when she ran out of peacock snails. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z But gradually, as the months and years went by, if they’d not been placed elsewhere, they were shunted farther and farther back, to the dark, low-ceilinged, airless rooms at the tail of the house. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z It was, rather, a dull feeling of rage that gradually dissolved in a solitary and passive frustration similar to the one he had felt during the time he was resigned to living without a woman. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The sun came up, gradually, and I marvelled at how, as it emerged mysteriously from behind the distant shacks and veld, everything suddenly sparkled and filled with warmth and sprang to life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z East is the ranch driveway, which gradually becomes a winding road, descending, leading to town, thirty miles away. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The air of neglect gradually if inexplicably returned after Lawes left; something about the place seemed to invite it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, Tally wished that they could do the operation gradually. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Concentric rings grew larger and larger on the dark water, then gradually disappeared. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We drove for several hours and gradually climbed into the mountains of the Eldorado National Forest. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z As daylight seeped through thick curtains of haze, a new pain arrived and gradually worsened until it could not be ignored. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z His diet was the same as a rabbit’s, and his anxious face gradually came to resemble the face of that animal. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock Jan was back and joined us at the table, and gradually everyone began to relax. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z You can’t step directly into a cold stream of water, it’s too shocking, too brutal, but if you get there gradually, you hardly notice it; it’s like boiling a frog in reverse. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd gradually pulled back to watch their unlikely elegance. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z So, when the next lot of little ducklings hatched, Lorenz bent over them, quacked, and gradually moved away. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z His vision was blurred; but gradually it cleared. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When the typhus fever had fulfilled its mission of devastation at Lowood, it gradually disappeared from thence; but not till its virulence and the number of its victims had drawn public attention on the school. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z At Verplancks Point the land was not steep, but sloped gradually down to the water. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As we gradually started moving, I watched the barricade disappear and I recalled when we used to attack such barricades. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z We stared cautiously at each other for a moment, and then, as his clenched jaw gradually relaxed, his expression became puzzled. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The lights were going on in the Hall; she could see the stained-glass windows gradually beginning to glow as a servant moved up the tables lighting the naphtha lamps. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z When they came up with a more efficient system that transported the coal directly from the mines to the trains, the Hob gradually took over the space. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The boat had gradually turned around in the water, and now we were hunkering on its sunlit side, but even the sun burned cold. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Koffi watched the scowl slip from his face gradually, watched his expression soften to something like wonder. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She stayed away from the beach intentionally, it seemed to him in his fretfulness, and gradually he became dark and morose. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The Catholic church, first on the scene and deeply dug in, sat in comfortable tradition while the missions were gradually abandoned and their roofs fell in and pigeons roosted on the stripped altars. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Still when winter came he could speak only with a stammering tongue, and the Master Herbal kept him there in the healing-chambers, trying to lead his body and mind gradually back to strength. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Those who caught it began to shake with an icy cold that lodged in their bones, and gradually fell prey to a deep lethargy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As McCandless gradually stopped rebuking himself for the waste of the moose, the contentment that began in mid-May resumed and seemed to continue through early July. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They returned gradually to opulence, and then Misha halted by a door and pushed it open. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Rooms are being constructed in the cellar, gradually and with a lot of hammering and sawing, in my father’s spare time: a darkroom, a storeroom for jars and jellies and jams. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Each year I watched the field across from the Store turn caterpillar green, then gradually frosty white. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Skilled interrogators from MI5 invited Fuchs to meetings over several weeks, gradually eliciting different details of his involvement in the Soviets' espionage ring. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z So they traveled in wide arcs, moving gradually to the north. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Since the beavers had left, the dam had been crumbling and loosening gradually, until it had become just a question of time before it would give way altogether, and drain the flooded land behind. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The clear area around the boat gradually widened out, and still she couldn’t see the edge of the river. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured that if I laid off gradually, by the time I entered high school in the fall, I could start fresh, no longer be known as “the cellist.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But she was right—our uncle didn’t like to eat out at first, until Mustafa gradually got him to come around. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I didn't feel like I was back to my normal self when my mom finally got home from work, but the fear that I was going to drop dead had gradually subsided. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Initially he patrolled only the neighborhood, but gradually went farther and farther afield. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But Newton was a great one for rewriting history in his own favour, and the inverse square law emerged much more gradually than the story suggests. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z This island didn’t slope gradually into the water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I stay in the infirmary for as long as I can, and with the sugar cubes and food and rest from work, my body gradually grows stronger. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In honor of the moon landing, there was the Apollo 11, whose skin gradually stretched until, bursting, the wiener appeared to blast off into the air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The box filled gradually around them over the next half hour. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z However, as her X-ray images improved, she gradually began to envision the helix with the phosphates on the outside, as indicated by her notes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z We could tell by their rumblings and bawlings that they were gradually working their way down through the brush toward each other and getting madder by the minute. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z In the beginning, Inigo had all kinds of wild vengeance notions, but gradually, simplicity had seemed the better way. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Merrithew could feel the wall he was pinned against gradually giving way. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z They trailed the boy through the forest, which thinned gradually to a clearing where a small garden and a larger field of crops could be seen. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed that a fog was gradually enveloping El Patron’s memories. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He liked the more formal attire of men in Kraków and gradually purchased several elegant suits. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z We discussed this for months and gradually decided on its composition; Walter and I represented the ANC, and each of the other parties had two representatives as well. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Around this time—1834—the word scientist was first coined, beginning an era that gradually professionalized the study of the natural world, and began to divide it into ever more specialized fields. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Each time Deborah got a package, she’d call to talk about what she read, and gradually her panicked calls grew less frequent. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He sighed, and I watched with relief as the needle gradually drifted toward eighty. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Her illness gradually became an accepted thing in the house, something that could not be stopped or helped. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My universe gradually began expanding, but so did the agony. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Through the correspondence exercises and lessons, some of the mechanics of grammar gradually began to come back to me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The first few furlongs went well, but gradually, Seabiscuit began to slow down. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Without thinking, I gradually open the envelope, and when my eyes find the address, all thoughts are cut down and left there to die. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But gradually, as the excitement of the fight wore off, she began to hurt. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As a result, I’d gradually started to put on some extra pounds. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He’s been gradually moving in his things, beginning with the paints and canvas. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z You separated not the way upper-middle-class boomers’ kids did, gradually and in long and expensive stages, but abruptly, usually irrevocably. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She too thought she would have no problem distinguishing among them, because they looked nothing alike, but like everyone else before her, she gradually found that she could not tell one from the other. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Overhead the last stars were still visible, but the light from the east was gradually soaking into the sky above the Hall. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z In a similar manner, centuries of respectable writers have gradually shifted the collective consensus of what is right and wrong while shrugging off now-forgotten edicts by self-appointed guardians of the language. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z His agitation gave way gradually to exhaustion and there was a look about him of deep calm. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Pocock pondered this effect and its consequences and gradually came to a startling realization. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But gradually her depression lifted, and as she kept rehashing the Town Hall recital in her mind, she came to realize that much of the criticism was justified. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The engines started up, and I watched as Eugene Field Memorial Middle School got smaller and smaller, its bricks and cement gradually disappearing into the distance. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z And Cody was careful: he changed his scores gradually over the next few days and told Atsbani he’d been studying harder. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z But this would still be unable to explain why all finches in a single island did not gradually collapse to have identical characteristics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The paper said the police were “following up leads” and “investigating clues,” but no arrests were made and gradually people stopped talking about it so much. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, human population densities were gradually rising throughout the late Pleistocene anyway, thanks to improvements in human technology for collecting and processing wild foods. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Jane’s temper was not desponding, and she was gradually led to hope, though the diffidence of affection sometimes overcame the hope, that Bingley would return to Netherfield and answer every wish of her heart. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Mr. Muhammad agreed, the special fund drive did prove successful, and his children gradually did begin working for the Nation. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then gradually the almost infinite size of this water forced itself on his attention. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The stove cooled gradually with almost imperceptible interior pops and puffings. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But gradually, I began to grasp what it was I’d come upon: the remnants of a village destroyed by the Great Plague of some years back. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Pitying his desolation, and watching him as he gradually settled down upon the pie, I made bold to say, “I am glad you enjoy it.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Gradually it became red and soft with rust and gradually the mallow weeds grew up around it and the flaking rust fed the weeds. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z This sack allowed its liquor to escape, and it gradually flowed over the whole road. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Freeman gradually warmed to me as we talked. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of these wardresses had no idea why we were in prison, and gradually began to discover what we were fighting for and why we were willing to risk jail in the first place. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They had come in so recently from the plains and the hills that it was necessary that they make their shifting in values gradually. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I was staring across the room in a daze—how long, I don’t know—when gradually I became aware that Francis was looking at me with an intent, fixed expression on his face. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I suppose I started noticing them about a year ago, and gradually, as the months went past, they became important to me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Granny gave me fuller meals and made me take naps in the afternoon and gradually my sleepwalking passed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And I had seen so many begin to pack their lives in cotton wool, smother their impulses, hood their passions, and gradually retire from their manhood into a kind of spiritual and physical semi-invalidism. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He waited while the furnace gradually warmed the house, and then Ishmael heard water moving in the pipes and the drip from the taps he’d left open. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I spoke her name into it, and all of a sudden I heard your mother singing a lullaby to you as you gradually stopped crying. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I always felt better after talking to her, and gradually, my life became normal. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Samuel never went back to Ireland and gradually he forgot it entirely. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Humason and Hubble, it gradually became clear, had discovered the Big Bang—if not the origin of the universe then at least its most recent incarnation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, crime didn’t just slowly ebb in New York as conditions gradually improved. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched as the slope of the South Lawn gradually turned a lush and vibrant green. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “It’s one of the best riddles I’ve heard, though,” I said, watching Charles, who was very gradually coming out of it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Arms still folded, I gradually turned around and studied the large room I was standing in. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z A few days after her abduction, the bruises on her face turned deep purple before they gradually disappeared. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As air gradually seeped back into his lungs, he strained to raise his right arm, but his arm, like a broken branch in the grass, refused to move. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He shivered against me, his murps only gradually quieting into contented gurgles as he calmed down. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Then, of course, after this years fifty are assigned, we start fresh, after the Ceremony, with new ones coming in gradually. It’s like a little vacation!” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Unlike the eastern shore, where Camp Green Lake was situated, the western shore did not slope down gradually. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z It seemed an insane thing to do, but gradually she noticed that Grandmother appeared more lighthearted. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This Irish song is also meant to gradually speed up in tempo as you sing. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Of course, I gradually shared my past with them in increments as they grew older. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He tells them about his boyhood in Gdynia and leads them gradually into his experiences in the camps. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “They don’t move across the ocean at anything like that speed. You know how it is when you spin a top? It goes around very fast, and gradually moves across the floor?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the faint sound of a harmonica and then gradually the music grew louder. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Eventually, though, Lefty began to understand the difference between five-card draw and seven-card stud, and gradually the balance of payments around the table began to shift. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The realization of what would happen next settled gradually over Harry in the long minutes, like softly falling snow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I flicked on the light in the oven to watch in wonderment as the cookies gradually turned crispy and golden. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of this, horses must be brought down from exercise gradually, slowly decelerating over about a half mile after a race and then undergoing a long walk. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z An assortment of antipsychotic medicines was prescribed, and he improved gradually—but never enough, apparently, to merit discharge. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Even after his eyes were open he took in his surroundings only gradually. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But over the years it gradually shed its religious affiliation and became a secular institution, as did the other Ivies. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z No: stillness returned: each murmur and movement ceased gradually, and in about an hour Thornfield Hall was again as hushed as a desert. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He left it dark, and gradually became aware that he was not alone. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In most styles of music, modulation is accomplished gradually, using a progression of chords that seems to move naturally towards the new key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Daisy took her face in her hands, as if feeling its lovely shape, and her eyes moved gradually out into the velvet dusk. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Anyway, the tone of the questioning gradually changed. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z In the years that followed, Kate played fair with him and he gradually achieved a certain respect for her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But gradually during his first year as EC, he began to tire of the never-ending discussions about these matters. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z When there's a note in the file, the work can be made up gradually with no penalties. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after, somewhere near them, they heard the unceasing bubbling of a nightjar—a peaceful sound, without menace, which died gradually away as they pushed on. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The high banks had been sloping down gradually, and now they came to an end, the water and the ground were level again. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z They always came unannounced, at any time of day or night, and gradually I came to accept, and to dread, their presence as a way of life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z My guides lead me into a narrow corridor with a ceiling that gradually slopes higher and higher. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As she took in the lines and planes of his uncommonly spare unclothed back, her gaze gradually de-abstracted. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I stormed over to the couch and called the one person who had gradually, without my even noticing it, become my confidante: Annette. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The slope of the hill rose gradually into the hills of juniper and mesquite and cedar clumps. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Many Cherokees gradually began to use this written form of their language. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z And gradually the idea took root that magic was merely an old country superstition. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I grew stronger gradually and began taking part in the life of the house-hold. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The only way of making it softer was to lay felt against the strings - also either on or off - and there was no way of moving gradually from one state to the other. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And he had come to notice this breathing so gradually that he had really no idea how long it had been there. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z His health declined in the 1880s, and he gradually restricted his work—all except his beloved gardening. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The forest filled up with the screams of Red and the growling of the pack until gradually only the noise of the dogs was heard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Canton glanced up as everyone gradually congregated at the corner, like water building against a dam, allowed to flow every few minutes. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Tessie never stopped complaining about the lack of closet space and the impractical layout, but gradually, thanks to a touch of claustrophobia, she grew to appreciate Middlesex’s glass walls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After Mr. Linga died she continued to volunteer her time to care for the mules until they were gradually replaced by more modern machines.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Somewhere during my shift, the rain stops not gradually but all at once. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The heat from the compress, probably more than the traces of opium from the poppy seeds, helped and “the pain gradually went off.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z So she flew on, never losing sight of the angels, and gradually as she came closer they took on a clearer shape. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He introduced a voucher system, which at first functioned as a form of credit, but gradually became a substitute for legal tender. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbed with his dæmon down toward the abyss, and as they went they gradually began to see what was happening along the far side of the gulf, hundreds of yards away in the gloom. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It didn’t entirely disappear, but it gradually submerged, as semblances of order returned and our pattern of life assumed its new design. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z They must have considered I was very careful and timid at first, and that gradually I grew very bold and reckless. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “He was soon a great favorite in the family, and gradually filled the void made in all our hearts by the loss of the brother and son.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z By and by, I noticed Wemmick’s arm beginning to disappear again, and gradually fading out of view. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He moped around for a while, but gradually things got back to normal. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Someone hits what sounds like a gong, and the shouts gradually stop, though the mutters don’t. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z And gradually, Justice is coming to terms with her own life. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z As early societies developed, those acquiring centralized power gradually established themselves as an elite, perhaps originating as one of several formerly equal-ranked village clans that became “more equal” than the others. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We kept at it for ten minutes, staggering the rhythm—noise, silence, noise—gradually building the tension. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Most popular in Japan is the view that the Japanese gradually evolved from ancient Ice Age people who occupied Japan long before 20,000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I was trying to gradually reshape that image. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Through my haze of math and memory, I gradually noticed that the class was cracking up. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I think the toughest part—tougher than the school, than the food, than walking home—was that gradually I was coming home to people who were not the same as I was anymore. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z As she began caring for him, her feelings gradually shifted. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He realized, as his mind gradually cleared, that the girl had lit the golden sphere and had set it on the log. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z For a time I looked like an unevenly trimmed topiary, but gradually as I got used to my new life, my skin settled down and I regained my face. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Nomadic bands that stalked wild sheep gradually altered the constitutions of the herds on which they preyed. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Then gradually, people got bored and the pranks became more half-hearted, until one day it struck me there hadn’t been any for over a week. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But gradually, as winter gained a grip on the island, the sightings ended and the fresh tracks disappeared. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The sign gradually lowered itself to the ground. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z My mother could see that I really wasn’t in one piece after all, so she listened quietly, stroking my hair as I talked, but gradually I could feel her stiffen. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It is called Roots & Shoots because roots move gradually under the ground to make a firm foundation, and shoots seem small and weak, but to reach the light they can break open brick walls. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Stella stops short, her foot reaching slowly out to touch the ice, and she gradually puts more and more weight on it, testing it out beneath her shoe. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He initially devised 200 syllabic signs and gradually reduced them to 85, most of them for combinations of one consonant and one vowel. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z My senses gradually sharpen—now I'm very aware of the pain in my side and arm. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It had even been rumored for a while last spring that she had a secret boyfriend who was extraordinarily handsome, somebody she visited in Anacortes, but that rumor gradually evaporated. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The other thing that rain did, it gradually washed away the gunk from the underside of the kayak. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Tally tried to imagine her growing old, wrinkled, gradually ruined, all without ever having been truly beautiful. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Beyond a thousand miles the devastation from the blast would gradually diminish. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z As her eyes adjusted to the night, she gradually began to pick out the shapes along the ground, and finally she saw it: the slight signs of the beginnings of a trail. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the curtain of trees at every side, the ever-receding contour of rising slope before you, and your own plodding weariness, you gradually lose track of how far you have come. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I figured I could gradually lower the barrel at the screen, aim, and pick off one of the Japanese troops. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Exhibitors gradually completed their installations, and electricians removed the last misconnects from the elaborate circuits that linked the fair’s nearly 200,000 incandescent bulbs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The Moras knew many people, almost all of them interested in such matters, who gradually began to attend the Friday meetings, to which they brought their knowledge and their magnetic fluids. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Technically, apprentices were supposed to start their work at age twelve and gradually matriculate into higher roles, but Kamau—ever charming, ever likable—had appealed to Father Olufemi. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As I approached the object in the distance, it became gradually clearer. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Women, patronized for millennia, traditionally denied real political and economic power, are gradually becoming, even in the most backward societies, equal partners with men. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z From that time on it gradually became clear to me what all these lessons were for, and once. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z As the days passed, she became gradually aware that Kaede knew it, too. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z For a while they spoke of the difficulties Gay must be having getting a needle valve and then gradually as the time passed they didn’t mention him any more. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A towering funnel of smoke gradually drifted over us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And when, as the weeks went by, we gradually discovered that we were both in love with the same deceased woman, it was no help at all. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Fourth and last: The opening up of a new and intriguing world of words, songs and numbers gradually established in me a desire to learn more. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z During the day the sun refused to rise gradually, as it had before. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Once people were able to do that, they gradually discovered that some sticks or stones had a handier shape than others, and they put them aside for future use. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The scabs harden and, at length, fall off; and gradually, the mind reasserts balance and health. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Their voices gradually would rise to shouts and threats. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z His strategy from this point on, he said, would be to gradually turn over the fighting to South Vietnam—a policy he called Vietnamization. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He gradually spent more time playing with his two older brothers. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo was too disturbed to pay much attention, but gradually she began to sense that something was very wrong. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike most large Greek towns, which grew gradually and haphazardly, Alexandria had commissioned planners, Deinocrates of Rhodes and Crates of Olynthus, to push through designs for her architecture and waterworks, respectively. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The hands kept brushing against her body, and gradually the vicious stabbing feeling gave way to a harsh, full-body sting. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The lone bird flapped its wings, gradually disappearing into the pink-and-orange-streaked sky. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “For Gogol Ganguli,” it says on the front endpaper in his father’s tranquil hand, in red ballpoint ink, the letters rising gradually, optimistically, on the diagonal toward the upper right-hand corner of the page. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As minorities across the country were gradually beginning to take on more significant roles in politics, business, and entertainment, our family had become the most prominent example. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He chewed the paint from the top rail, still crying, but gradually becoming interested in the way the paint peeled off the metal and clung to his front teeth. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But gradually the smiles on people’s faces assured us that there was nothing to worry about anymore. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He had gradually grown blind; his eyes slowly filled with a sky-blue film of which he said, “The clouds are taking over my sight.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I gradually broke off many of the contacts that Anne had made and let the store become a junk shop. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they let go of their branches and floated down to the ground, and the forest gradually filled with the sounds of creatures scurrying through dead leaves. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z On they went, gradually moving up from the stream. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They saw the land gradually restored to prosperity. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Agents told Blackie that they couldn’t cut a deal with him to reduce his sentence, and he spoke grudgingly at first about the murders, but gradually he divulged more and more. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z This gradually raised the height and raised it evenly.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Palestrina uses closely related chords throughout, moving from one to another slowly and gradually, and the overall impression is one of stability. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And yet, gradually, her ability to read and do math surpassed that of all but the oldest students. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z What started as a low murmur gradually swelled to a chorus of terrified voices. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The colonel’s hostility softened gradually as he applied himself to details. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And gradually it became apparent to me that here was a genuine, compassionate, and far- seeing leader in the making. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand in the shower for ages, gradually' reducing the water temperature, making it cooler and cooler until it’s properly cold. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing seemed clear at first, but as I fell gradually closer to unconsciousness, a few certainties became evident. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She leaned back in her wheelchair and began moving it gradually towards the door. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see him sobbing during his account and his family gradually joining him in crying. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Sierra wasn’t sure if she would even believe herself, but she started talking, tentatively at first and gradually with more confidence. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Where he had once stood, now there were just two footprints gradually filling with snow. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z This gradually changed the atmosphere to the composition that it has today, and allowed the development of higher forms of life such as fish, reptiles, mammals, and ultimately the human race. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the months, I had gradually come to establish something of a telephone acquaintance with Malcolm X’s wife, whom I addressed as “Sister Betty,” as I had heard the Muslims do. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the long summer afternoon, or at the beginning of the long summer evening, the street gradually filled up with traffic, and the sidewalk became crowded with people. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She curled up on the bed, clutching a pillow to her chest, and gradually the beating of her heart slowed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Night returned to the car and the foot relented gradually, then relaxed against the accelerator. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But she was married now, and he was a steady sort of man, and she grew, gradually, close to him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Shay shook her head, still coasting gradually away on the breeze. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The anger, he thought, ought to be his own; yet years ago now the anger about her had finished gradually bleeding out of him and had slowly dried up and blown away. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Of course, ever since white people showed up and brought along their Christianity and their fears of eccentricity, Indians have gradually lost all of their tolerance. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z People knew about it but let it grow gradually like a pupa in the cocoons of their imaginations. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The Tigros hit the ’hood gradually, like the turning of a season. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But gradually we recruited other black people—the “good Christians” whom we “fished” from their churches. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked for two hours, feeling the nausea gradually subside and a slow, pounding headache take its place. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He gradually began to talk, but he was mixed up about where he was and what had happened. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Because he was chief at the time, he gradually took more and more of the common land, and took more and more wives to work it. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd gradually became quiet to hear the Emperor’s citation. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Hope returned to the White House as Garfield seemed to gradually recover. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It was one of the things a man learned gradually, but after forty years of springs and runs and carrying buckets and keeping fires, he knew whether the syrup was right or wasn’t. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I’m also gradually starting to believe that the invasion will come. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z While Aboriginal Australians and many Native Americans remained hunter-gatherers, most of Eurasia and much of the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa gradually developed agriculture, herding, metallurgy, and complex political organization. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Her fingers open, and the young woman with the rose waits patiently as the statue gradually closes her hand around the stem, releasing it only when it is secure. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I kept him by my side all that first year, only gradually introducing him to the nursery. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z There seemed to be no one about, so he made haste without regard to noise, and gradually the numbness in his hands and feet began to ease. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I gradually wound myself out of their conversation. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Only gradually, as the Bantu multiplied and incorporated cattle and dry-climate cereals into their economy, did they fill in the leapfrogged areas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Through him you would meet someone else you liked a lot better and gradually your friendship with the first person would erode, then vanish into aggrieved memory. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been hired as a machinist, but gradually the range of his duties widened. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The villagers waited patiently as the sun painted the dawn clouds over Resthaven, and gradually Tendai became aware that all was not right with the situation. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Or it may be a repetition that gradually changes and evolves. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Since the war, the party's power in the South had gradually increased. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The longer you looked and the more your eyes adjusted to the dark, the more stars you’d see, layer after layer of them gradually becoming visible. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then gradually we become something like men again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z As unappealing as the idea of a finite universe was, physicists gradually accepted the big bang and agreed that the universe had a beginning. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z There was a period of blackness and then the cell, or room, in which he now was had gradually materialized round him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Filled with a sense of them, his muscles grew gradually taut. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Then she gradually whisked them out of their orbits and back into her waiting hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The books I bought gradually with the money I earned by coaching. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to take a century, but gradually the top came into view. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She said it was because the light troubled her eyes, and gradually began to believe the light did trouble her eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She became aware of the other feeling gradually, for it was swimming against the current within her: Sidhean’s pain and sorrow, rising up like a beast, and it pushed itself between the two of them. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Initially, the clay was scratched with pointed tools, which gradually yielded to reed styluses for neatly pressing a mark into the tablet. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The white girl, she gradually learned, had the chance to be free one day. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered watching, fascinated, as her mother pushed a bone needle with thick colorful thread through the fabric; gradually a bright gold replaced the small frayed spot on one sleeve. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The helicopter gradually began to move, following the colorful current of evidence all the way up the beach, all the way to the marina where the Coral Queen was moored. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z They’d figured out how to make it work for them, and I gradually came around to accepting the notion that whether I liked it or not, this was how it was going to be. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At evening, darkness gradually smothered the sun, until night fell upon the city. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The board was smart enough to gradually learn how her body moved. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z His chin gradually came to rest on his collarbone; his beard floated around his ears like a fog bank; and he began snoring peacefully. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “As other businesses left this building,” her dad explained, “City Lights gradually took over the whole space.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Kaede looked at Taisin, who was gradually realizing the severity of the situation, and said, “We must go very carefully, on our hands and knees. Don’t try to rush it.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Other animals at the top of the pyramid, such as lions and sharks, evolved into that position very gradually, over millions of years. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “As we stood at attention for the count, the horizon gradually reddened and the top of the sun’s fireball slowly appeared,” said Arnold. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Archaeological evidence suggests that the Inka gradually became more powerful. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But before he left his voice gradually quieted. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Then gradually its white brick walls grew more distinct. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z From disappointment, I gradually ascended the emotional ladder to haughty indignation, and finally to that state of stubbornness where the mind is locked like the jaws of an enraged bulldog. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Since then, it had been gradually expanded until it had dozens of rooms for single miners or transient families. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The barn was darkening gradually and, in their stalls, the horses shifted their feet and rattled the halter chains. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Western music, being more orientated towards harmony than its non-Western counterparts, gradually formed hierarchies among the twelve notes, so that the listener's ears latched on to a 'home' in the sound. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But wherever people think that, the guards will unconsciously grow gradually more relaxed, until sometimes those can be the easiest jobs of all. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They were careful to respect our privacy, but also were always open and welcoming, and gradually we became close. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In effect, Europe received its crops, livestock, technology, and writing systems from the Fertile Crescent, which then gradually eliminated itself as a major center of power and innovation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I go there every night as, gradually, the moon goes through its cycle. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Tally’s breathing slowed, and her heart gradually stopped trying to beat its way out of her chest. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But the quiet was gradually being overtaken by sounds not heard around there for many months. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “It’s the theory that all matter in the universe is gradually moving toward the same temperature. Also known as ‘heat death.’” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z One theory is that Jomon hunter-gatherers themselves gradually evolved into the modern Japanese. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The sound of his cowboy boots on the steps thundered, then gradually faded away. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z These domestic animals and crops were gradually joined by China’s many other domesticates. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then we would stroke its long face and gradually, over more weeks, work our hands around its wide neck and down its muscular body. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The statue is lifting the rose, gradually, to her face. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then gradually I write one page and then another. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They fumble and shove, gradually moving the food toward the Hill, but as though by blind chance. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A change gradually came over me; I began to read the Bible more for renewal of strength and courage. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The slushed walls gradually peeled, inviting bats, rats and other nightly creatures to come live with us. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Her night vision gradually returned, and she scanned the horizon. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z My will to talk to him gradually died. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Donal was off, carrying the metal box of pig remains, and the smell gradually followed him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Over time, thinks Marie-Laure, events that seem jumbled either become more confusing or gradually settle into place. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We could establish a defensible perimeter, build a new airfield, then gradually work our way out to neutralize the whole island. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z At first she did not respond; but gradually she became more and more uneasy in her sleep, moaning and sighing occasionally. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z At first she just listened to me, and then gradually she started asking questions to make me talk about the lives I had lived before and during the war. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The sides of the board were gradually oozing the water away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Bulungu was a whirl of excitement, which I took in gradually, thinking it must be due to our arrival. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The spiders blanketed the walls, crawling over one another, spreading across the floor and gradually surrounding her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Lancelot saw these things as clearly as the bold Guenever —and, as their relations gradually worsened, he was hard put to it to keep his mind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, plainsong developed gradually and separately all over Christian Europe according to local tastes and traditions. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z When the flurry of motion became too much, she looked up ahead and fixed her gaze on a particular tree, following it as it slowly approached, streaked past, and then gradually receded behind her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Jaime comforted her by speaking to her in the same secret language he reserved for animals and for the smallest children in the hospital, until she gradually relaxed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The entire ghostly army had him surrounded, gradually forcing him toward the edge of the glacier. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z No carving was done here, no huge image of the gods or Pharaoh emerged gradually, majestically, from some rough block. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I circled the lamp slowly, clenching the maybe-loaded gun, and gradually the view around the other side began to peel back. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the skill of public writing was gradually developed by the many classroom papers I had to compose. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched with alarm as my sweater accumulated hundreds of tiny beads of moisture, which gradually began to penetrate the fabric and join the dampness of the shirt beneath. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The phantom shapes, which were becoming gradually materialised from the moonbeams, were those of the three ghostly women to whom I was doomed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He amused himself this way for a long time, but gradually Matt ran out of things to do with sawdust. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Seth crept ahead, staying low, using the bushes for cover, gradually making his way toward the meager line of smoke. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z As the heavy door shut behind him the cloud gradually lifted from the room. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I gave the quilt another tug, and finally, gradually, I had the monkey in my hand. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Complex agricultural societies gradually arose in the Americas far to the south of that entry route, developing in complete isolation from the emerging complex societies of the Old World. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then gradually I realize that to crawl in the right direction is a matter of life or death. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Farther and farther they went, gradually moving upriver, until Nettle’s brother pulled her from the water. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It was coming closer, cutting through the water toward me, gradually becoming brighter. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It wasn’t all of a sudden, it happened gradually. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Twice she disappeared in the fogged billows, then gradually reemerged like a dream rising up from the bottom of the night. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “With daily doses of this trigger chemical, the plastic will gradually melt away and be absorbed into the body. Your face goes back to where it started. More or less.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The pig was so aroused by the scent that he came out of the kraal, following a trail we had laid, gradually made his way to us, wheezing and snorting and eating the sediment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The specific antibodies that we gradually build up against a particular microbe infecting us make us less likely to get reinfected once we become cured. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Only gradually did I become aware that the automobiles which turned expectantly into his drive stayed for just a minute and then drove sulkily away. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The pulse came swift and staccato, increasing gradually until I fairly danced between the nodes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z As they spoke, interrupting each other to make sure they got in all the details, the guard’s eyebrows gradually lifted higher and higher over his eyes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When he received his authors copies he saw that FitzRoy had added a volume with a religious polemic arguing against Charles’s geological findings—that the earth was formed gradually and was still being formed. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Their path through the castle took them from the opulence outside the throne room into gradually less grand areas. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Around them, the city seemed to yawn and stretch, waking gradually as the sun rose over sauropods and swooping dacytls, brownstones and church steeples and municipal domes. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Over the years, a friendly rivalry had gradually developed between us. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The interior gradually becomes opaque, covered with a thick brown tar. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He tugged off his sweater and his shirt and wrapped a large towel around his shoulders, huddling near the range, rocking back and forth as the cold gradually left his body. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The characteristics of his speech were more and more uncertain, and they came together and combined to form words that were gradually losing all meaning. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The rattle of the cart wheels and the woodcutter’s curses roused the inhabitants of the huts, who gradually emerged from their doorways. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As I spoke, I felt the subjective and defensive reactions of the American white students present—but gradually their hostilities lessened as I continued to present the unassailable facts. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Their possessions would gradually find their way out of their moving containers and be put away—clothes would move to closets after they were worn and washed, that sort of thing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In response, the Cherokee chiefdoms gradually found themselves compelled to join into a single confederacy in the course of the 18th century. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But gradually the boulevard climbed out of the heart of the city, and as they left the crowds behind, the whispering faded. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He wiggled his legs as his cry gradually came to an end. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But God is only a white cold eye, a quarter-moon poised above the smoke, blinking, blinking, as the city is gradually pounded to dust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Something was changing, so gradually that at first it was hard to register. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They called for Grandpa and Lena in the barn, just to be sure, starting with small voices to avoid startling the cow and gradually building to shouts. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The gully turned eastward, and as they went on it broadened and got gradually shallower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As time goes on, even the arrival of micrometeorites—fine dust from space—stirs up and covers over the rays, and they gradually disappear. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He lay there early in the morning and watched the high small window above the bed; dark gray gradually became lighter until it cast a white square on the opposite wall at dawn. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In spite of their different attitudes, hopes, and goals, they gradually— though neither could have explained how—reached a functioning detente. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The plateau narrowed gradually to a valley and the valley to a pass between long ridges. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z So my first impression, that he was a person of some undefined consequence, had gradually faded and he had become simply the proprietor of an elaborate roadhouse next door. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z They sat for a while, and gradually Malcolm found his eyes closing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z "It evolves into something else, Sikander. The emptiness in your heart is gradually filled with the joy of having known him." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The chorus of wild voices grew louder and louder, shaking the robot’s body, rattling the ship, booming across the island and up into the clouds, and then their voices gradually died down to silence. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “All aboooooard,” he said, climbing back into the car as the caboose flashed by and the thunder of the train diminished gradually into the darkness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Ten thousand feet above the earth, Powers glided down slowly, the landscape beneath him gradually coming into view. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z For a moment his face, pale and watchful as a ghost’s, would be caught in the headlights and then, very gradually, it would slide back into the dark. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z At the Cassius Clay fight camp, I told the various sportswriters repeatedly what I gradually had come to know within myself was a lie—that I would be reinstated within ninety days. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I meditated wonderingly on this incident; but gradually quitting it, as I found it for the present inexplicable, I turned to the consideration of my master’s manner to myself. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z A few people laughed and, gradually, a babble of talk broke out again. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z And gradually, it all became natural: light steps, small stitches, quiet voice, ramrod-straight back, deep curtsies without creaking knees, no yawns, soup tilted away from me, and no slurping. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z When Grandpa put the bubble solution away, the fairies gradually dispersed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Then the stars would gradually reappear, but were gone in a flash if the eye was exposed to sunshine, either directly or bouncing off some part of the spacecraft. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Each nail he drove took about ten swings using his left hand, but gradually his swings got better. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z But gradually, step by step, I felt the Spirit of the Lord upon me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Over the last two weeks, she’d learned that his jacket was actually made of leather, real dead animals, but she’d gradually gotten used to the idea. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Even those people who joy in numbers and are impressed with bigness are beginning to worry, gradually becoming aware that there must be a saturation point and the progress may be a progression toward strangulation. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, from the bottle, a thick bluish smog spiraled to the ceiling, spread out, and gradually assumed the shape of a thick bluish smog with hands, feet, bright-yellow eyes, and a large frowning mouth. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z But gradually, Celia and Maria lured him into the walled garden and, from there, to other parts of the Big House. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Jones sent up w'hat looked like a cloud, a radioactive one which gradually sent some fallout down onto the bar and the cooler filled with pickled meat. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At that moment a low, throbbing noise began which gradually swelled louder and louder till the whole valley seemed to be swaying with it. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Then, very gradually, part by part, a pale dangling individual stepped out of the wreck, pawing tentatively at the ground with a large uncertain dancing shoe. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z During the course of a day, his stockings rode gradually down his legs and, by dinner, had partially disappeared into his sneakers. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Churchill has had pneumonia, but is gradually getting better. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z As the sun moved, the shadow of the tower moved as well, gradually lengthening, a black arm reaching out for Theon Greyjoy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As I gradually got louder, I started flicking little quick shots at the high toms. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Seth stayed a couple of steps ahead of her, and the swift satyr was gradually increasing his lead. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Voices far-off but persistent, and gradually coming nearer. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z And he had seen a man half-mummy, half-skeleton, floating in the waters of the China Sea, eaten from below while his back side, sun dried, gradually turned brown and leathery. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Normally, when something makes a wave, the wave travels outward, gradually spreading out and losing strength, like the waves moving away from a pebble dropped into a pond. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z And gradually she stopped moving; the lifeline held fast, and she felt the weight and strength of the current pushing against her as she hung there in the sky. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She remained abed ten years, gradually growing better, but never completely recovering, relapsing periodically into her paralytic state. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I grew up a little, and I gradually began to figure out that pretty much everyone had been lying to me about pretty much everything since the moment I emerged from my mother’s womb. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And gradually, he lowered his guard enough to talk about his mama and papa. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The neck of her shirt was wet with it, but the flow of blood gradually eased. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It emerged so gradually, night after night, that Hazel had trouble judging its progress. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It takes longer but that person is destroyed gradually, by his or her own conscience. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They would have thrived, increased in numbers, and gradually spread south to occupy the whole hemisphere. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I gradually accumulated a larger and larger stack of coins. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z For a little while they talked and joked but gradually fell silent, working the rhythm of scavenge, building piles of copper for whoever was rich enough to afford it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Folk music can gradually change as it gets passed along. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Lyra was gradually coming more and more awake. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Behind the little rise she had found herself on, the land sloped gradually down and then up again; the fullest view lay in front, across that immense prairie. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z At first Pollard was too weak to go far, but he gradually built up his endurance. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As elsewhere in the world, in China food production gradually led to the other hallmarks of “civilization” discussed in Chapters 11—14. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Truman's program quickly snowballed into a general hunt for internal enemies, a "red scare" that gradually infected the imaginations of millions of American citizens. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And they must gradually get used to eating what is for them a new and unnatural diet. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I remembered the countless meetings in living rooms where maybe seven would be a crowd; the gradually building, building—on up to renting folding chairs for dingy little storefronts which Muslims scrubbed to spotlessness. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Very gradually, in tiny slivers, dawn began to break through the fog, and from my position in the brush I could see ten or fifteen meters up the trail. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t talk now. Try to sleep. That way the time will go faster for you. Your memory will gradually come back. Don’t worry. It’s because of the electricity.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It gradually passed, and he’d explained that sending out search parties was forbidden, lest even more people be lost, but there was no mistaking the fear that had crossed his face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They passed over the walkway and down a long rocky corridor, where stalactites hung gleaming with strange colors and where the pounding and grinding and hammering gradually faded. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They get into the vacant apartments and they gradually eat away at the fabric of a building. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then gradually time awakened again and moved sluggishly on. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike his heroic older brother, who is gradually dying of freezer-burned-food poisoning. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But gradually a note of doubt crept in. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “The aneurysm gradually deteriorates due to the constant pressure of the blood passing through it.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It is gradually reassuming a role it had for thousands of years: a free-flowing, unwritten, spontaneous, aural tradition based entirely on the lives, loves, hopes and fears of ordinary people. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Harry reached out and was glad to find that he could touch him: He gripped his arm tightly and Dumbledore gradually regained control. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Despite my romantic deficiencies, I gradually adjusted to township life, and began to develop a sense of inner strength, a belief that I could do well outside the world in which I had grown up. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I look down, fascinated, as my ensemble slowly comes to life, first with a soft golden light but gradually transforming to the orange-red of burning coal. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She winds slowly and with difficulty because of her gradually crippling hands, but with determination. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z During my teens, as I came to this realization, I veered gradually from the plotted course, and then sharply. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And Billy let himself down oh so gradually now, hanging onto the diagonal cross-brace in the corner in order to make himself seem nearly weightless to those he was joining on the floor. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The overgrowth gradually gave way to a thin layer of the oldest, thickest vines. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I discovered all of that gradually over several years, and it still made me feel like jumping off a bridge. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z As the city’s streets cross St. Charles Avenue and enter this neighborhood, they gradually change from asphalt to gravel. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Rigid with caution, McWatt cut the motors back and climbed gradually. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z His eyes were still probing the air all about her, and he was moving gradually closer, with an air of hardly noticing what he was doing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z By the time noon approached the tributary was gradually growing smaller. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Amari gradually grew accustomed to the dim light and looked around the room. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z After what feels like many hours, the boat gradually decreases the violent rocking and all is quiet again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anything other than the world gradually freezing, you mean?” she mocked. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The steam from the grass rose to our soles, and it gradually lessened the pain. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z |
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