Sentence examples for gradual breakdown from inspiring English sources

With the gradual breakdown of the medieval worldview, the nature of the philosophical enterprise began to change.

By 1260 these and other internal struggles over succession and leadership had led to a gradual breakdown of the Mongol Empire.

If her last album Playin' Me described the gradual breakdown of a relationship, her latest looks towards the future and zones in on her late-night fantasies.

The gradual breakdown that follows is played with subtlety from these British acting legends, who both deservedly won prizes at this year's Berlin film festival.

The narrative flits cleverly back and forth in time to contrast the gradual breakdown of their relationship with their happier past.

With the end of licensing and the gradual breakdown of the whole guild system, the Stationers' Company declined in importance; but it remained useful in connection with copyright.

Akerman shows us a gradual psychological breakdown that is not slow-motion, nor does it exactly aspire to the edits and cuts that are the habitual prerogative of the movies, the convention that allows a film to jump ahead to what's important.

The disease is characterized by the gradual, irreversible breakdown of tissue and loss of elastic recoil within the lungs, leading to a reduction in expiratory airflow.

Increasing duty cycle results in a gradual decrease of the breakdown voltage.

Here, Wheeler shows, among its protective acres of pastures and fields, gently dripping woods, bluebell dells and towering elms, he suffered a gradual and finally spectacular breakdown.

Victor's breakdown is a gradual affair.