Sentence examples for shrank gradually from inspiring English sources

By 1941 it had more than 13,000 miles (21,000 km) of track, but it shrank gradually thereafter.

After reaching its maximum brightness at 09 24 30 UT, the diffuse aurora observed near the center of the FOV of the ASI shrank gradually back to the southern portion of the image and propagated eastward with decreasing brightness.

Moreover, while there were more than 50 total discharges each year from 2006 to 2008, that number shrank gradually to just more than a dozen in 2016.

It has been shrinking gradually in recent years.

But Scotland's population, now about 5.1m, is forecast to shrink gradually, falling below 5m in about 2018.Recent economic news seems bound to worsen this trend.

The Fed had planned to allow the size of that portfolio to shrink gradually as the securities matured or the debts were prepaid.

Vulture populations had been shrinking gradually from loss of habitat and disease throughout Asia, but what happened in India and Pakistan was different.

Among the quandaries the Russian government faces: The "Putin majority" that appeared a decade ago seems to be shrinking gradually, like a giant block of ice that is melting at the edges.

If your firm is currently profitable, as the newspapers were in the late 1990s, it might be better to just pay out larger dividends and plan for the firm to shrink gradually over time.

The issue: Whether to use cash the Fed receives when its mortgage-bond holdings mature to buy new mortgage or Treasury bonds, instead of allowing its portfolio to shrink gradually, as it is expected to do in the months ahead.This would be an entirely symbolic move.

Slipping into mediocrity is often imperceptibly slow: the domino effect might begin when a talented chef departs, then the menu is pared and the kitchen and dining room staff reduced; and by then the once full house of enthusiastic diners has shrunk gradually to a handful of bookings, even on a popular weekend evening.