In their world, the Greenfly gradually consume the entire universe, rendering it uninhabitable.

The university continued to gradually consume the blocks nearest the Pentacrest.

The larva, upon hatching, gradually consumes the host, eventually killing it.

These creatures are gradually consuming the world's magic, not much affecting humans but essentially producing the extinction of mages.

(2) for the same reason, an employee partnership has an incentive to gradually consume the capital of the company rather than invest it in risky research and development.

The 35 minute finale, Genesis (1998), shows the life of a sculptor whose artwork comes to life while he turns to stone, his work gradually consuming him.

The player can switch between a standard punch attack or a Power Weapon attack that will gradually consume their life gauge when used.

The chicks are decidedly more insectivorous than adults, gradually consuming more plant matter as they mature.

A small but relentless fire of doubt burned within him, unquenchable, gradually consuming all of his long-held beliefs.

And, of course, the object has only its own silicon substrate for reaction mass; acceleration would gradually consume it.