Example Sentences

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Speaking on the BBC in 2021, he expressed his fear that those freedoms were diminishing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person auditions were diminishing and self-tapes were on the rise.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2022

One was seeing the writing on the wall, seeing that natural resources were diminishing and realizing that if he kept on with business as usual, that was the end of his business.

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2021

However, it cancelled this decision last month in what seemed like a sign that tensions were diminishing.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2019

The insects were diminishing in number, and soon their season would be over, which was just as well, as the Fentress Firefly Prize ribbon was grubby and limp.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly