How to Use gradual in a Sentence

gradual

adjective

• The hospital has made gradual improvements in health care.
• We noticed a gradual change in temperature.
• But it's been a gradual build-up for our whole team and for him to this point.
  — Joe Morgan, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2023
• The transition process will be gradual and will take up to one year, the firm added.
  — Byben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 27 Sep. 2023
• The route then begins a gradual, half-mile descent to the course of Banning Creek.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2023
• Still, the report points to a more gradual descent in inflation in the months ahead.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
• Falling in love with my ex—I’ll call him C—was not gradual.
  — Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
• As noted above, the gradual squeeze of MA payment rates has not, to date, led to a drop in MA enrollment.
  — Avik Roy, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Some writers want to go as far as strike right away, while others want to lay the groundwork for more gradual change.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2023
• Had there been a gradual leak, the mission would have been quickly aborted.
  — Joel Achenbach, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
• The decline has been small and gradual but steady, with fewer licensed sellers each year along the way.
  — Ike Morgan | [e-mail], al, 13 July 2023
• The research shows that even gradual changes can improve heart health and slow down aging, Makarem said.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2023
• It’s been a gradual slide, starting in the mid-2000s, around the time the Iraq War was going south both in public opinion and actual events on the ground.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2023
• Will this strategy achieve that gradual cool-off the Fed is going for?
  — Aly J. Yale, wsj.com, 2 Nov. 2023
• Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 24.
  — The Courier-Journal, 15 Feb. 2024
• And the Palestinians’ pain has been compounded ever since by the gradual erosion of their dream of a state.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• The mound’s slope is gradual and grassy, its summit shadowed by mature live oaks.
  — Kiley Bense, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
• The transition from the outer part of the inner core to the innermost sphere appears to be gradual rather than a sharp boundary, Pham said.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2023
• Prepare for limited shade and a long but gradual climb with a few steep stretches.
  — Jenna Scatena, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
• The flare is subtle, while the widening is gradual and discrete, creating just enough room for, well, boots.
  — Ashley W. Simpson, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2024
• Amid the gradual downshift from full-scale war in some parts of Gaza, the fate of the enclave and its 2.1 million inhabitants remains far from clear.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
• But the pay-off for going cold turkey–a gradual reduction in breakage over time–is still worth the effort.
  — Hasina Jeelani, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2024
• Cloudy early, then gradual clearing, with a high near 37.
  — Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 24 Feb. 2024
• Become a Subscriber This time, the change was gradual, but no less dramatic.
  — Kate Wheeling, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2023
• More gradual changes in the signal might betray the development of faults in track alignment.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 31 Jan. 2024
• And for that matter, is the boundary between mantle and crust a sharp boundary, or more of a gradual transition?
  — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2023
• Since the fall Russia has been pushing to regain the initiative on the battlefield and has made gradual gains in eastern areas of the front lines.
  — Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2024
• What helps sustain this gradual buildup of tension is Zhang’s willingness to linger on images of food.
  — Mayukh Sen, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2023
• There’s been a gradual, albeit very reluctant acceptance that his time is up.
  — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• Observational evidence for a gradual decline of dark energy would be a boon for the gentle-fall scenario.
  — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024