The only thing more depressing than the mountain of waste on Christmas Day is the dying tree, slowly shedding needles.

Old, frail and weary, he is slowly shedding his hard-won humanity and turning back into wood.

He said the city was slowly shedding its reputation as "a bargain city in the Northeast."

My goal all along has been to use Hong Kong as the sword with which to slowly shed our old, outdated doctrines without losing face.

He is slowly but surely shedding the policies of the extreme left that did the party so much damage, moving it back toward the center.

Grace slowly sheds her previous resentment towards her brother-in-law.

He, too, pressed himself against the tree, slowly shedding his robes in the process.

Entertainment has become a fast-growing industry within Japan as the country slowly sheds its workaholic ways.

Well, like you, I knew some of the witnesses were slowly shedding their memory blocks and having psychological problems in the process.

Polls indicate a close result in a nation that is slowly shedding its isolationism.