by degrees

But by degrees, things will return to the way they were in an earlier time.

But by degrees changes have been made on all these points.

For by degrees I came to give myself to know them.

This led by degrees to a relationship with another human being.

He raised his head from the wall and brought it by degrees to its former position.

He continued on and, by degrees, the others followed after him.

By degrees I calm down, and of course give in.

By degrees, then, the street began to slump and become still.

By degrees the soldier became popular with the common people.

The change I'm talking about never takes place by degrees; it happens suddenly.

By degrees he began to believe that after all his dream was going to kill him.

It was worth the pain, though: the power came to him by degrees.

By degrees all of these were drawn into the conflict.

By degrees his presence was universally felt through the house.

It was only later and by degrees that they had seemed to take on significance.

It is by degrees he comes to be furnished with them.

At first I suffered much, but by degrees the pain died away.

If this pattern is to bring change, it must be done slowly by degrees.

I didn't want to break him in suddenly, but do it by degrees.

My thoughts began to diminish by degrees until I was no longer talking to myself.

I'll rather risk all upon a cast, than be pulled to pieces by degrees.

By degrees, the discomfort I felt in my face diminished.

When the life left a person, it wasn't by degrees.

By degrees we fell into regular ways and habits of life.

By degrees, men began to shake their heads and smile.