"What I had to decide was whether to let it gradually die," explained the author, who is 72 years old.

The sounds gradually died away as I descended the hill.

Away from here, so that this will gradually die down, of its own accord?

The mechanical desk fad gradually died at the beginning of the 19th century.

"I'm gradually dying for my kids" would be more accurate.

Furthermore, the lower branches will gradually die and fall off, just as they do naturally.

The end portion of the leaf will gradually die back to this line.

During the 1950s, the railroad gradually died, as its traffic shifted to trucks.

It echoed all around them, then gradually died away.

As night came on, the firing gradually died away.