Sentence examples for gradually abandoning from inspiring English sources

Although many tribal communities are gradually abandoning their tribal languages, scores of such languages survive.

Mr. King hears it a lot now, especially from reviewers who want to imagine that he is gradually abandoning his horror roots.

Gulbenkian had moved to London to study, and stayed, becoming a British subject, building his City career, and gradually abandoning the family's merchant business.

Since 2008 the Musée d'Orsay has been gradually abandoning the concept, popularised by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, of hanging paintings on white walls.

Aside from these methodological problems, which investigators like Titchener did their best to surmount, there was One Big Problem with introsepction -whichch was that scientific psychology was gradually abandoning introspection in favor of an emphasis on human performance.

Yet it's true that Tristano issued scathing judgments of other musicians, and that he maintained a compulsive control over his music, gradually abandoning live performance for the studio, where he could overdub parts — as on his pioneering, self-titled 1956 Atlantic album — and stamp the output with metronomic precision, often using an actual metronome.

Steel bearings were gradually abandoned in bridges, followed by the technical literature and design standards.

Evidence clearly shows that the monkey gradually abandons erroneous tendencies as learning proceeds.

But while the aristocracy gradually abandoned bullfighting, the public enthusiastically continued the spectacle.

The PS gradually abandoned its commitment to nationalization and adopted a number of fiscally moderate policies.

This policy was gradually abandoned, partly because of the pressure of Russian influence in the north.