French colonization then gradually penetrated southwards, and came to have a profound impact on the area and its populations.

The sentences, each in a different but recognizable tone from patient repetition to anxiety to command, gradually penetrated Nimi's fogged mind.

The rest were still lying at the foot of the trees, but their horses were gradually penetrating towards the center of the wood.

The heat was gradually penetrating her bones, and her mind was becoming somewhat clearer.

She became fluent in English and Italian, which has allowed her to gradually penetrate onto television.

A woman's voice was speaking and the words gradually penetrated to him.

The warmth of his hand gradually penetrated her layers of sleep; her eyes demurely opened.

During the 1980s, however, Islamists gradually penetrated college faculties.

Even as the new religion of Islam gradually penetrated the region, the native and dharmic dances continued to be popular.

Christ Impulse will gradually penetrate into the human being and will take over guidance during the further development of the humankind.