Within two or three minutes, her fear diminished, and she sat up straight in her seat again.

You can admit fear is there without fear diminishing your performance.

The fear of getting through the day in a violent neighborhood has diminished somewhat.

The morning was clear, the sun warm, the fears of the night diminished by daylight.

The fear of a missile attack has clearly diminished in Zagreb.

As fear diminishes, China may be becoming a more open country - but perhaps also a less stable one.

When he cautiously opened the second door which led to the surface, his fear of a trap diminished.

"Those fears have diminished as the press has made known how little we really have to work with."

The researchers said the survey results in many other age and drug categories also suggested that the fear of drugs was diminishing.

Through yoga, he said, participants learn to enjoy working out and their fear of exercise diminishes.