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Steadily the tornado came on, the end gradually rising above the ground.

From Time Magazine Archive

Soon I had light enough to enable me to select the best dead branches and large sections of bark, which were set on end, gradually increasing the height and corresponding light of the hut fire.

From Travels in Alaska by Muir, John

But now the clouds are lowering; they divide into strata, end, gradually getting heavier, denser, and darker, at last veil the horizon in a blueish grey mist.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 537, March 10, 1832 by Various

The corridor towards the south end gradually widened, terminating in a splendid high window with stained glass, a broad seat, and a table.

From The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

The thermometer at the beginning of the month varies from 72 degrees to 74 degrees at noon, and from the middle to the end gradually declines to 66 degrees and sometimes to 60 degrees.

From Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America by Wentworth, William Charles




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