Under these conditions, stars gradually approach, but never quite reach, a condition of zero rotation.

A stranger enters, talks to the mother then gradually approaches infant with a toy.

Think of the form you wish to assume, and your body will gradually approach it.

The party moved to the windward and gradually approached the herd.

At last he saw the little black figure coming from between the grey houses and gradually approaching the foot of the hill.

What began as a darkly oppressive reading experience gradually approaches the light.

Science is constructed out of approximations that gradually approach the truth, you told me a long time back, and I've never forgotten it.

For the past 6,000 years, the world's sea level gradually approached the current level.

Future generations would follow the Road, spiraling outward until they gradually approached whatever came out of the sea.

By this means, a star will gradually approach, but never quite reach, the state of zero rotation.