Sentence examples for gradually devoted from inspiring English sources

Beebe had a troubled relationship with some of his superiors at the zoo, particularly Hornaday, who was resentful of Beebe's constant demands for more funding and staff, as well as the fact that as Beebe's career progressed he gradually devoted less and less time to caring for the zoo itself.

He gradually withdrew from politics and devoted himself to gourmet cuisine, having a particular fondness for lampreys from his ponds.

Only gradually do we find texts devoted exclusively to religious themes.

From the late 1970s through most of the 1990s, the share of the average family budget devoted to energy gradually declined.

Returning to Washington, he gradually lost interest in photography and devoted the rest of his life to philanthropy.

In a contest increasingly guided by factors beyond the direct control of either candidate, Mr. Obama has gradually increased the attention he has devoted to the race.

Congressional staff members said that Mr. Rockefeller hoped to gradually expand the amount of money devoted to E-Rate, providing for an additional $5 billion to $9 billion in total funds over the rest of the decade.

The people exclaiming over each other's machines are devoted to cars that, gradually or quickly, were rejected so emphatically by the public that their makers had to give up on them.

Although general public interest in life-long learning has been gradually increasing, relatively little attention has been devoted to exploring the application of SNSs in adult and continuing education programs.

Parties of the left gradually accepted defeat in the economic war and devoted their energies to winning the cultural war instead.

Initially it was widely predicted that Internet coupons, which can be downloaded from manufacturers' Web sites or from sites devoted to coupons like coolsavings.com, would gradually rival traditional vouchers distributed through flyers or in newspapers and magazines.