But their membership slowly dwindled, and the difficulty of getting into Vietnam increased.
Harrison's career dwindled slowly in the 1970s at the same rate as the spaghetti western died.
Through the night we lay on the sand, as the storm slowly dwindled around us.
After that, numbers dwindled slowly until by the end of 1984 there were only sixteen still running.
Though ridership early on was very high, it slowly dwindled to 55,390 in 1948.
As the distance to his goal slowly dwindled, tension built up in him to the breaking point.
From the 1950s to the 1970s, freight was still mighty but slowly dwindled by 1975.
After being passed over as the county's seat, its population slowly dwindled.
"No more," she said, and her smile slowly dwindled away.
The town's population slowly dwindled and the buildings were sold or torn down.