Example Sentences

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These big wage hikes come at a time when workers in many industries are pushing to raise wages, giving labor a resurgence in power and negotiating strength that had been diminishing for years.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

Ozone over the Antarctic had been diminishing since the 1970s, but news the hole now covered the entire Antarctic continent triggered worldwide alarm.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2021

But Ms. Simmons’s role on Channel 4 had been diminishing.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2012

The royalties on these had been diminishing steadily, the banker said, and they could hardly be regarded as an asset.

From A Hoosier Chronicle by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)

Since the beginning of illness, nine months before, the natural irritability, or impatience of temper, had been diminishing.

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill