I gradually succumbed - and soon I was back to my bad old ways.

These aircraft were flown successfully for many years, but gradually succumbed till none were left airworthy.

Both sides, I fear, gradually succumbed to a conspiracy theory about the other.

The harbour railway station, now unused, is gradually succumbing to nature.

In his final years, Fisher gradually succumbed to the effects of dementia, such that he would ultimately lose the ability to even sign his own name.

Tveitt now found it very difficult to compose and gradually succumbed to alcoholism.

But it gradually succumbed to competition from multiplex theaters and five years ago it flickered out.

Eochaid's brother, Ailill, having developed a unrequited love for the new queen, gradually succumbed to a wasting disease brought on by his feelings.

And as the years passed, the family gradually succumbed to the centrifugal force of its disappointments and losses.

Meanwhile, the Ndebele warriors gradually succumbed to the company's superior firepower.