The ranks have thinned from more than 11,000 in 1985 to about 5,500 in 1990.

Outside, the viewing ranks thinned as rain began to fall.

As the enemy's ranks thinned, he spared a glance at the others.

Both below and along the walkway the ranks of the curious had thinned.

It is not a career that appeals to many young people; the ranks are thinning.

But in recent decades, the ranks of such Republicans have gradually thinned.

But it seemed to Stryke that their ranks were thinning.

While criminal defense lawyers are still accepting new cases, their ranks have thinned by more than half in the last decade.

Scott watched as the ranks of tired men thinned, many taking the hike back to the town for food and rest.

Certainly the ranks of black were thinning as they came.