However, after being banned by the British government, this practice gradually ceased.

For a long time they lay that way, as her struggles gradually ceased.

The wounds I'd made were small, and the blood flow gradually ceased.

They simply gradually ceased to weigh anything as the thrust died away.

I suspect that it is gradually ceasing to be true.

It gradually ceased these enterprises as they became less profitable for the company.

But in 1899 he took up drawing and his outbursts gradually ceased.

The terrific commotion continued for a few minutes, then gradually ceased.

After this, he gradually ceases to work actively as a photographer.

Late in the day, Ardneh gradually ceased to issue orders.