And once again Hernández did little to diminish his growing status as the ace of the staff.

The dominant culture assigns identity to minority groups as a means of separating them, diminishing their status, and maintaining control over them.

I was heartened to see that the passage of time had not diminished my newly found status in his eyes.

This diminished their status below that age.

"And if we do not change, it will diminish our status with the Americans."

And Cayard did nothing to diminish his status today.

Even if men and women were removed from the center of the cosmos, this was not necessarily to diminish their status.

The couples' lack of adult sons diminished their societal status, for in Chinese society at the time, only sons could continue the family lineage.

Relentless advice-giving can diminish the other person's status, in that it implies they need it.

In negotiations with Japan, however, our goal should not be to diminish Japan's economic status but to improve our own.