diminishment

"And it had to do with the diminishment of everything else."

Over the years, I have observed a general diminishment in students.

With the return into time, and the diminishment of power, it had vanished.

There would be no diminishment of the self on this ship.

With Diminishment came not only damage but loss of status.

To the diminishment of us all, it was also a prophetic one.

The house seemed to him a diminishment, a denial and a betrayal.

There has been some diminishment of resonance in this great bass's sound.

There has been some diminishment of her voice, naturally.

But that is hardly cause for diminishment of his euphoria.

She was performing all her duties with no diminishment of efficiency.

And their diminishment in turn may have cut the total amount of food that falls into the depths.

Have you noted any diminishment in my performance and capability?"

"I meant no diminishment either to our trust or your honor.

What's so great about my current condition that makes godhood feel like diminishment?

The book's disappearance might well herald the diminishment of those qualities in culture.

My garments certainly have suffered a diminishment, as is plain to see.

My suspicion is that it will be a diminishment, but I think it's worth trying."

Not for Norman's death, that is, only for his long years of diminishment.

The diminishment of Americans' leisure time, and its consequences.

Or perhaps it was her own diminishment that made him sound so fiercely grieved.

The end, we know, will come, but it's an end without tragedy or diminishment.

I did not want to speak to him of my diminishment, my shame.

The composer's career followed dual tracks of growth and diminishment.

And that diminishment of the magic could be deadly.