The day was slowly wearing on, and tired as she was, she still hadn't gone to bed.

The day wore slowly on, and the Superior did not put in an appearance.

Yet although most of the "Friday" team returns, attrition is slowly wearing away at the series.

We consumed almost a gallon of the powder in this manner as the days and nights slowly wore on.

As the effect of the acid slowly wore off, his body, like a film run backwards from death to life, became hard again.

Rowe was left alone with Beavis and the day wore slowly on.

Like the anodyne of routine, his immunity slowly wore away.

But as the evening wore slowly on I experienced the sinking sensation that one gets just before a big match.

But nothing more happened, the door remained closed, the cell stayed bottle-tight, and time wore slowly on.

The old men coming uphill slowly wore robes almost exactly the same color as the road and the earth behind them.