After each course of therapy, however, he gradually slid backward.

Moments later his suspicions were confirmed as it gradually slid open.

Some analysts believe prices of heating oil and natural gas will gradually slide as supply catches up with demand.

He watched while the long shape slid gradually across the sidewalk and disappeared.

For more than three decades they'd been gradually sliding into isolationism and industrial decline.

But they said they feared for their children's safety if race problems occurred and worried that the development would gradually slide into disrepair.

From then on, throughout the rest of the show, Io gradually slid underneath, or behind, Europa.

It hit the invisible wall, stuck for a moment, and then gradually slid downward.

He stretched out to touch, conscious of her hand sliding gradually up his thigh, the heat increasing until it became almost, but not quite, unpleasant.

Hawkmoon lay against the wall and then slid gradually to the floor.