Sentences with diminish
di·min·ish
D d - The threat of nuclear war has diminished. [VERB]
- He never put her down or diminished her. [VERB noun]
- Once family commitments and financial liabilities diminish, it's worth looking for ways to cut life insurance costs.
- I don't want to diminish the threat of terrorism at all, it is extremely serious, but on a long-term global basis.
- The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.
- Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. [ …] One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.
- When leaders fail to set and follow ethical standards, public trust is damaged, community expectations diminish and social divisions expand.
- The gym to build muscle and laws to diminish discrimination.
- But the way these chances diminish is paradoxical.