My mother's house had felt the same way, as if its owner's death had somehow reduced it from a home to a mere building.

Adam and Cynthia, the elders seem to promise, will be bruised and somehow reduced.

Since 2004 employment in the sector was somehow reduced to about 45,000, in mid-2011, due to intense international competition in the garment sector.

Though the supporting actors are all good, especially Mr. Balmer and Mr. Malavoy, the roles themselves seem somehow reduced in importance.

In short, their share in the receipts from any takeover can go up only if the amount needed to satisfy other claims is somehow reduced.

And worthy memorabilia seemed reduced somehow by other items more suitable to a post-bellum garage sale, items that raised the question of what do you do with them.

Then Warner Brothers, which bought the novel for the producers, dropped out because of concern that "Rain Man" had somehow reduced the commercial viability of the project.

If we are dealing with the original occupants of this vessel, then it would seem their original number has been significantly reduced somehow.

However, the indigenous population who had been living in Tlaxcala were somehow reduced to a small minority.