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Example sentences from the Web for diminishedHe sometimes surmised that it was because he was too outspokenly identified with the diminished liberal wing of the party. Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America|John Avlon|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST But it is based on the chord structure of what I played before it, except that it was based on a diminished scale. Herbie Hancock Holds Forth|David Yaffe|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST With the right person in the right job, the need for on-the-job support is diminished. Hiring People With Disabilities Isn’t Just the Right Thing to Do—It’s Good for Business|Elizabeth Picciuto|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST But there is no credible data yet showing that the reach of ISIS messaging has diminished. ISIS Is Winning the Online Jihad Against the West|Ali Fisher, Nico Prucha|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Well, the implications would be many and weighty, both for the diminished USA and for the new entity. An Independent Scotland Will Hurt Labour|Michael Tomasky|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yet ways and means had to be provided, and the difficulty grew rather than diminished, until it was decided to cut the knot. Sir Walter Ralegh|William Stebbing Now, however, with diminished numbers and exhausted wealth, they had to face new enemies. A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1|Henry Charles Lea These conditions may be increased or diminished by earthquakes and mild winters. Trails and Tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland|William S. Thomas They had the appearance of figures in a fantoccine, or men seen at the extremity of the opera-house, diminished into puppets. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803|Dorothy Wordsworth Forbid that these shall in any degree be diminished by any difficulty or perplexity that may arise. The Optimist's Good Morning|Florence Hobart Perin
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adjectivereduced or lessened; made smaller music denoting any minor or perfect interval reduced by a semitone music denoting a triad consisting of the root plus a minor third and a diminished fifth music (postpositive) (esp in jazz or pop music) denoting a diminished seventh chord having as its root the note specifiedB diminished Words nearby diminisheddimetric, dimetrodon, dimidiate, dimin., diminish, diminished, diminished responsibility, diminished seventh chord, diminishing returns, diminishing returns, law of, diminuendo Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to diminisheddecline, lower, slacken, ebb, wane, dwindle, lessen, reduce, recede, temper, decrease, abate, subside, curtail, shrink, weaken, minimize, detract from, cut, abbreviate |