The Government would like to diminish the power of the church further.

At the same time, their role seems to have diminished.

Their business might be diminished for a short period of time.

But Men have been diminished and their power is taken away.

He does not want to diminish you in any way.

And he seemed diminished just a bit more each time.

The population was 117 in 1904 and diminished to 50 by 1910.

But in doing so the art form has diminished, or at least become something different.

"We've had to find new ways of doing our business as state support has diminished."

He has seen his company's work force diminish from 500 to 30 since 1990.

But those days were far behind her, and the effect of them had long ago diminished.

Around him, he saw a city diminishing by the day.

Its effect was diminished by her eyes, large with fear.

But each night that she spent alone diminished her hope.

In 2005 that number had diminished to 17 per 100,000.

By now the price for the rest of the site had diminished.

However, he saw his playing time diminish as the season went on.

They should be built on and not diminished in any way.

A part of him had died when he'd seen the body; he felt diminished.

But few thinking people now believe in life after death, and the number of those who do is probably diminishing.

They will diminish the role of government in people's daily lives.

Republicans would also like to diminish the Federal government's role in education.

But their economic influence is much diminished from the past.

Many side effects diminish on their own after a few weeks.

Am I diminishing myself in their eyes by doing this?

He was going to need all of his diminished strength to keep himself from falling.

This is expected to diminish with diminished income to the state.

The lack of a parent association in a school can mean diminished representation for parents at higher levels.

She helped to pave the way for her own diminished currency.

Nevertheless, despite the years of diminished output, he still gets miserable after every out.

And yet for all of that, leaving her there by herself in her diminished state seemed wrong.

Charles Smith has wondered about his diminished playing time.

Dayne never complained about his diminished playing time, saying he did not feel it would change anything.

They are also the best of the bunch, which is abundantly clear even in their diminished form on the small screen.

Coke's stock, which fell 23 percent last year, has reflected the diminished outlook.

Interest rates eased, apparently reflecting diminished concern about the dollar.

Dayne never openly complained about his diminished playing time during the season.

Today's court decision further attested to his diminished influence.

This means several hundred thousand barrels of daily oil production would have to be added every year just to make up for the diminished output.

Marx's father died in May 1838, resulting in a diminished income for the family.

Before the game, Webber tried to control his frustration over his diminished playing time.

A general definition of psychic numbing is a diminished response to the external world.

It later survived in a diminished form in and around Kismayo.

Chrebet is not complaining about his diminished production in the Jets' offense.

Now, her magic went to ensuring the continued survival of her diminished estate.

Their power survived in diminished forms until the onset of colonialism, when they submitted to the French.

However, he became president of the society in 1904 and continued to submit articles to their journal, even with his diminished interest in the subject.

The Order continued to exist in a diminished form and negotiated with European governments for a return to power.

Not the tourist lines bringing sightseers to gape at our diminished world.

The fence will extend in diminished form to the archipelago of two smaller islands between 45th and 44th Streets.