Qaddafi was cut off from arms and cash, and his forces were steadily degraded.

Women have been steadily degraded, most recently to the point of effective imprisonment.

As it was, visibility from Leonov's observation deck was steadily degraded by a thin film of sulphur, and sooner or later someone would have to go out and clean it off.

In Christa Wolf's novel Kassandra, aspects of the Homeric and medieval versions of Briseis' story are blended so that the character is steadily degraded from being Troilus' lover to Agamemnon's and Achilles' plaything.

That wood, however, has been steadily degraded over the years.

The solar panels had steadily degraded so that there was never enough power, even this close to the Sun.

It criticized the agencies for failing "to clearly characterize changes in Iraq's threat to regional stability and security, taking account of the fact that its conventional military forces steadily degraded after 1990."

The public realm of the Upstream Building has been steadily degraded over the years, with the generous space between the columns of the entrance from York Road enclosed to enlarge the foyers.

The ECM biomaterial must also not cause a chronic, low grade inflammatory response, or the material will be steadily degraded and therefore disappear with time.

She watched him crawling, and his progress steadily degraded, less and less ground covered with what seemed greater and greater effort.