diminishment

Example Sentences

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Staging a Shakespeare tragedy with just four actors sounds like a potentially comic stunt or an unfortunate advertisement of dire economic straits, in either case a radical diminishment of the play.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

When it comes to fertility, there’s even some published data showing that rapamycin can slow the diminishment of the ovarian reserve of—again—mice in labs.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2024

It’s tempting to assume that their diminishment was inevitable in the face of global competition and the falling share of manufacturing, their traditional stronghold, in employment.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2024

In it, she traces the roots of women’s tendency to apologize for their ailing or unruly bodies to centuries of diminishment by the medical establishment.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2024

My own thoughts now turn to the last few months, the sight of my grandfather’s diminishment, the awkwardness between us as I grew taller than him and he seemed to shrink into himself, into age.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan