As it happened, the door gave rapidly, with comparatively little noise, except on The Shadow's side.

Until the early 2000s, the suburb had many fine traditional houses, which are rapidly giving way to cluster house complexes.

My relief at not being publicly humiliated was rapidly giving way to anxiety over what I would tell my parents.

The castle's importance as a fortress rapidly gave way to its economic role.

Inflammation of the lungs set in and his strength rapidly gave way.

But science fiction rapidly gives way to routine science.

The old lady was rapidly giving way, but she did not like to do it all at once; so she only said, 'Ah!

One step rapidly gives way to the next in a flurry of virtuosic activity.

Screen and speakers, when she brought them on line, gave only rapidly shifting patterns of varying pulses.

For a split second I was panicky, but that rapidly gave way to curiosity.