DIMINISH in a Sentence

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83 example sentences for DIMINISH, such as:

1. It served to diminish public crime.
2. The threat of nuclear war has diminished.
3. He likes to diminish the skill of others.
4. Later on in life the sex drive tends to diminish.
5. The dry spell quickly diminished our water suply.

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 Meanings and Examples of DIMINISH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
diminish
 v.  dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
Classic Sentence: (71 in 5 pages)
1  In the words preceding it she had conjectured, at most, an allusion to her supposed influence over George Dorset; nor did the astonishing indelicacy of the reference diminish the likelihood of Rosedale's resorting to it.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 7
2  Nor, in profile, does this wondrous brow diminish; though that way viewed its grandeur does not domineer upon you so.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 79. The Prairie.
3  It took but a few moments to release the gases pent up in the poor beast, and the two women heard the rush of wind and saw the roan visibly diminish in girth.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVIII
4  She found that the medicine did really diminish, but it did not occur to her that the boy was mending the health of a crack in the sitting-room floor with it.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
5  Perhaps one of those beloved ones he had so often thought of was thinking of him, and striving to diminish the distance that separated them.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
6  I watched to see whether it would spread: but no; as it did not diminish, so it did not enlarge.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
7  She seemed to wish, but to be unable, to diminish its effect.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III
8  It served to diminish public crime.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM ...
9  Should they act otherwise, it will fare with them as with Tullius, who, in seeking to diminish the power of Marcus Antonius, added to it.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER LII.
10  The diminished list of competitors for silvan fame still amounted to eight.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
11  We shall then have your willing sanction, good Cedric," said Prince John, "to confer this fief upon a person whose dignity will not be diminished by holding land of the British crown.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
12  The impatience of Cedric had been rather enhanced than diminished by his confinement.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
13  All this passed overnight, for the journey was to begin very early in the morning; and when the small, diminished party met at breakfast, William and Fanny were talked of as already advanced one stage.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
14  He had diminished the distance between himself and London by full four miles more, before he recollected how much he must undergo ere he could hope to reach his place of destination.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
15  The evil of a marriage would be much diminished, if Elizabeth were also to marry.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
Example Sentence:
1  I don't want to diminish her achievements, but she did have a lot of help.
2  Later on in life the sex drive tends to diminish.
3  He likes to diminish the skill of others.
4  The only way to diminish mistakes is to bring competitors into the game.
5  The threat of nuclear war has diminished.
6  The dry spell quickly diminished our water suply.
7  The party's share of the electorate has diminished steadily.
8  They thus increased their annual grain production rather than diminished it.
9  Beckham's cultural clout, combined with his valuable (if diminished) presence on the soccer field, raised the profile of MLS.
10  The contrasting story of BlackBerry's decline – its new plan will see it focus on a diminishing niche of business users – is a parable of how quickly modern tastes and technologies can change.
11  British Columbia needs to produce more food while contending with rising seas, diminishing water resources and changing patterns of rain and drought.
12  The latter, as will be discussed below, is particularly important in a world where the resource base is diminishing rapidly.