Maybe that's why Homer had quietly become less attached, as I'd noticed over the past several months.
The notion that Homer was off in his own world was quietly becoming ingrained in all of us.
The Midwest Heart Foundation, and the way it has become quietly interwoven into its doctors' professional lives, is far from unique.
Circasia is quietly becoming a major destination for retirees in search of a quiet chateau style place to spend their spare time.
From street corners to college campuses to celebrity closets, the gospel is quietly becoming a fashion statement.
Even so, he was quietly becoming a rising media star.
Justin, uncertain whether she was teasing them, was becoming quietly pained.
But with scant open conflict, the push for separate burials is quietly becoming one of the country's fastest growing social trends.
Her azure robe was as quietly becoming as he had hoped it would be.
Later, in her twenties, she had become quietly and patiently infatuated with a married colleague.