Below you will find example sentences with "gradually improve". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Gradually Improve in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 9
  • Discovered as a combination around: gradually
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 5
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 20.7 words

Words in this phrase

gradually improve

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • gradually can mean: In a gradual manner; making slow progress; slowly. Frequent word
  • improve can mean: To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something). Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 4 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

credit metrics gradually improve t stock 1× expected to gradually improve 1× firepower would gradually improve haddick said 1× government would gradually improve basic facilities 1× him to gradually improve as he 1× memory problems gradually improve but some 1× rates will gradually improve affordability over 1× that will gradually improve as we 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a few showers 1× as credit metrics 1× expect cooler weather 1× gross margin is 1× he added it 1× in the weeks 1×

Common sentence endings:

be re rated 1× improve haddick said 1× in the interim 1× more game time 1× more needs based 1× morning through midday 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

likely 2× morning 2× expect 2× ect 2× credit 1× metrics 1× stock 1× rated 1× gross 1× margin 1× expected 1× added 1×

Related phrases

help improve gradually increase greatly improve gradually increasing

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around gradually:

gradually increase 6× gradually increasing 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

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Just after it in the phrase index:

gradually increase gradually increasing graduate school graduate student graduate students graduated high

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

gradually increase gradually increasing

Same ending:

help improve greatly improve

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "gradually improve" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 20.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as credit metrics gradually improve t stock, expected to gradually improve, likely, morning and expect stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with help improve, gradually increase, greatly improve, gradually increase and gradually increasing, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with gradually improve

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Gross margin is also expected to gradually improve. (8 words)

As credit metrics gradually improve, T stock is likely to be re-rated. (13 words)

The gap won’t close immediately, but firepower would gradually improve, Haddick said. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

He added: “It appears likely that a combination of solid income growth, together with modestly lower house prices and mortgage rates, will gradually improve affordability over time, with housing market activity remaining fairly subdued in the interim. (37 words)

Meanwhile, Anwar said the government would gradually improve basic facilities in public universities using several methods as this year’s allocation was more needs-based. (25 words)

Paul is one of the best midfielders in the world so we expect him to gradually improve as he gets more and more game time. (25 words)

Example sentences (9)

As credit metrics gradually improve, T stock is likely to be re-rated.

Gross margin is also expected to gradually improve.

He added: “It appears likely that a combination of solid income growth, together with modestly lower house prices and mortgage rates, will gradually improve affordability over time, with housing market activity remaining fairly subdued in the interim.

Meanwhile, Anwar said the government would gradually improve basic facilities in public universities using several methods as this year’s allocation was more needs-based.

A few showers will linger on early Friday morning, but that will gradually improve as we progress from late morning through midday.

Expect cooler weather to gradually improve from today onward as the air mass is slowly modified by the warmer ocean waters.

Paul is one of the best midfielders in the world so we expect him to gradually improve as he gets more and more game time.

The gap won’t close immediately, but firepower would gradually improve, Haddick said.

In the weeks and months following ECT these memory problems gradually improve, but some people have persistent losses, especially with bilateral ECT.