Sentence examples for shrinking gradually from inspiring English sources

It has been shrinking gradually in recent years.

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.

A 30-year-old unmarried, male, clerk presented with the persistent fear that his penis was shrinking gradually for last 12 years.

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

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.

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.

The tobacco leaves changes from green to yellow and shrinks gradually, and this changing regulation would enhance the intelligence of tobacco curing system.