At least the sound of the jungle drums was diminishing.

The sound of rushing water had diminished for a while but now it began afresh.

But the sound did not diminish, nor did it move.

The sound of voices diminished by degrees in the adjoining chamber.

Only when the sound had diminished to a distant echo did we relax.

Time seemed to pause and all sounds diminished into a blurred background.

She listened to her heart again and the sound of it diminishing into silence.

It was after three o'clock in the morning and the sounds of the city had diminished to almost nothing.

But the heavy sound of earth on wood somehow diminished the ideal; it gave death a stark reality.

The sound of the jet diminished to a murmur, and then to silence.