However, he does not have the "fullness of the gospel," and Egypt gradually degenerates to idol worship after his death.

And Miss Yeager's portrait of an overheated butterfly was perfect, though it gradually degenerated into mere flutter.

The people's loyalty gradually degenerated into bitter hostility.

Revived after the Restoration of 1660, the Games gradually degenerated into a drunk and disorderly country festival according to their critics.

During this time he gradually degenerated into a crawling wretch, and Saruman shortened his nickname to "Worm".

But the situation gradually degenerated.

Even more powerfully rendered is the Saturnalian frenzy into which a saint's-day festival gradually degenerates.

The game gradually degenerated into a series of vicious exchanges, the majority instigated by the Oilers.

Later that day the system degenerated into a remnant low and gradually weakened.

As an exencephalic pregnancy progresses, the neural tissue gradually degenerates.