You wonder if that somewhat detracts people from looking at the underlying problems and the low achievement.

This flaw, though, only detracts somewhat from an otherwise clever, funny and genuinely touching production.

She was now as lovely as she had been at the height of her mortality, though her grief and worry detracted somewhat from it.

Unfortunately it all the duff rubbish written above it detracts somewhat from this last quote.

Many reviewers felt the game was fun to play through with a friend, but that its more puzzle-oriented gameplay somewhat detracted from the overall experience.

The entire building is more carefully finished, detracting somewhat from the originality of Can Lis.

However, they criticized the "gratuitous Pikachu appearances" and the "incorrect physics" as detracting somewhat from the pinball experience.

Although its fruits are edible, their turpentine taste detracts somewhat from their palatability.

He said that the promotional spots the networks are running are "detracting somewhat from the impact of our clients' commercials."

Over 4,030 miles, we're averaging 20.2 mpg, which is decent, though the required use of pricey premium-grade gas detracts from that figure somewhat.