The full impact of what we were facing was slowly dawning on him.
But it was slowly dawning on him that he'd been lying to himself.
In fact, it's slowly dawning on men that clothes can feel even better than good.
It slowly dawned on me that I was looking at myself.
But the morning after, it slowly dawns that nothing much has really changed.
The impact of what she'd done was slowly dawning on her.
Then it slowly dawned on him that they were passing through the clouds.
Then it slowly dawned on us that we were going to have to spend the rest of our lives in darkness.
Then it slowly dawned on him that he was looking for the source of the light.
It slowly dawned on him that perhaps he had made a mistake.