The pain was ebbing gradually.

This lasts until breakfast before gradually ebbing away.

The haze of adrenaline was gradually ebbing and she was able to think again.

The agony ebbed gradually but steadily until he realized he was bearing it.

Each breath was a cleansing intake and release, and the tension that attended the rulership of the empire gradually ebbed from his muscles.

The cold scorching torment ebbed gradually into numbness.

His power gradually ebbed, however, under the influence of two general trends:

The pain ebbed gradually.

The wave of vibration gradually ebbed.

He waited for Nightingale's reaction; it was slow in coming, but gradually the fear within her ebbed, and she nodded.