Sentence examples similar to peter out gradually from inspiring English sources

Even when a marriage has petered out gradually, it still takes time to recover, she says.

And the word now is that the spell of severe weather may gradually peter out, with the high pressure edging to the south east or east and milder conditions returning from the west to all areas of the UK by next Sunday.

Uncle Tom visited us a couple of times, in the summer, but his visits petered out and he gradually lost touch with us altogether (rumour has it he didn't pay our school fees the last two years we were at Summerhill).

But Sunderland's bright start petered out as Stoke gradually imposed themselves, and the home side were grateful for keeper Vito Mannone ensuring they were still ahead at half-time.

All storms peter out, though.

This, alas, did not peter out.

But they tend to peter out.

He too did not peter out.

But enthusiasm tends to peter out.

The growth-boosting potential of debt seemed to peter out.

"It seemed to just peter out, and died," Richard Cimillo said.