Sentence examples for gradually enlarged from inspiring English sources

As with Thomas, her role gradually enlarged.

Throughout the day, they gradually enlarged the hole a few fractions of an inch at a time.

While the intestine can't handle an overload of molecules, the stomach, a highly elastic organ, can be gradually enlarged, via progressive overeating, to hold more and more food.

From the 10th to the 13th century, the seigneurs (lords) of Beaujeu gradually enlarged their possessions into a considerable feudal lordship.

The initial structure was gradually enlarged until it became a gigantic eight-terraced mass of masonry; then the steps were filled in with a packing of stone to form a continuous slope.

More recently, the main party in opposition has been the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), formed initially in the mid-1990s by the short-lived New Party Harbinger and gradually enlarged by absorbing other smaller parties.

For each period, gradually enlarging yellow points highlight statutorily protected buildings and structures.

Retrograde loss may progressively abate or shrink if recovery begins, or it may gradually enlarge in scope, as in cases of progressive brain disease.

The ovaries of newborns and young girls are a mass of elongated tissue located in the pelvic girdle; as the female reaches adolescence, the ovaries gradually enlarge and change their shape.

As pregnancy goes on, the tube gradually enlarges, however, and contains more blood, as do all the pelvic organs; some of its cells may show a reaction, called a decidual reaction, to the hormones of pregnancy.

A book, to him, is like the moment in "Lawrence of Arabia" in which a tiny dot on the horizon enlarges into a galloping sheikh -- it is a small vibrant blur that gradually enlarges into a presence, preferably dashing and irresistible.