By the late 1980s, they began to slowly disappear from Australian roads as demand fell and major manufacturers slowly ceased building them.

The ruling class was slowly ceasing to rule.

Lacking any binding, the wound in her arm slowly ceased to bleed and ached only a little.

Julian's struggles slowly ceased as the drugs the doc was pumping into him finally took effect, and his groans died away to whispers.

However, by the end of the 19th century, this area slowly ceased to be an area for the wealthy.

The workers dig each day but slowly cease to understand the meaning of their work.

Matt hears his friend's heartbeat slowly cease, and Foggy is declared dead sometime after the ambulance takes him away.

But a lot of companies are not doing that, or slowly ceasing to do so.

The harps sang his question, then slowly ceased their throbbing, and there was silence in the round house.

Incidentally, its public schools deteriorated, and education slowly ceased to be compulsory.