Sentence examples for dropped off gradually from inspiring English sources

Prevalence increased each year from ages 14 to 24, then dropped off gradually, confirming that young, sexually active women face the greatest risk.

This activity was highest the first time subjects saw a name-face pair and dropped off gradually as the pairs were repeated and became more familiar, suggesting that this activity reflected the encoding of new memories.

But because the entire Bordo Poniente landfill was closed at once, methane production is expected to peak after three years and then drop off gradually.

For example, most curves tend to peak around 8-10 Hz and drop off gradually at low frequencies and sharply at high frequencies.

This is called the diffuse double layer model (DDL), diffuse because the concentration of ions in the solution would drop off gradually as the distance from the surface increases.

There is only one distance at which objects will be in perfect focus, but sharpness drops off gradually in front of and behind that distance.

The precise extent of depth of field is somewhat subjective because focus drops off gradually from the precise distance of focus, and the noticeability of defocus depends on factors such as subject type, other sources of lack of sharpness, and viewing conditions.

His men set off by sledge over the unforgiving Arctic terrain, where they gradually dropped off from scurvy, starvation, and hypothermia.

Stranger still is that this will be the first time Nadin, who turned 57 earlier this year, has shown art commercially since he walked away, almost 20 years ago, from what was arguably the height of a prominent career and gradually dropped off the art-world radar.

"My book had an enormous success in 1955," says Lord. "It gradually dropped off bestseller lists, but then suddenly it came back up again in 1985, when Bob Ballard found where the Titanic was located". And now with a Broadway musical and a box-office megahit movie based on the tragedy, Lord's book is again a bestseller, No. 2 on the paperback list at the beginning of March.

The water drops off so gradually it's safe for children to swim or paddle.