But when nothing of the sort happened, he gradually relaxed.

It has been gradually relaxing its control over these sectors since the early 1990s.

The class requirements relaxed gradually throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.

The boy hissed with pain at first, then gradually relaxed.

Kemball gradually relaxed, waiting the moment when he could try a call himself.

After a while, life gradually relaxed back to normal.

But Imbri moved care- fully, and the woman gradually relaxed.

Campers gradually relax in an environment sensitive to individual and cultural needs.

When the conversation turned to television, and thereby politics, she became cautious, but then gradually relaxed.

As the warm water reached him, he gradually relaxed.