Sentence examples for A bit diminished from inspiring English sources

The United States, however, was a bit diminished.

Even the BRICs are looking a bit diminished, with downturns in both Brazil and Russia.

If you do this most of your waking hours, your ability to concentrate is indeed a bit diminished, says Phelps.

But a pair of road defeats left them a bit diminished in stature — figuratively, if not literally.

Rajaratnam, hearing of Chiesi's highly placed source, told Kumar that he had established a new inroad at the company, noting, "Your value to me is a bit diminished".

This kind of thing leaves "Search" a bit diminished the second time around, turning it into a sort of theatrical Tocqueville.

It can let us off the hook a bit, diminishing the stress of living.

He feels that the popular phrase "I'm a bit OCD" diminishes what no one denies to be a wickedly debilitating problem at its worst.

The quality of Harrison's food and sex writing (his two major preoccupations) hasn't diminished a bit.

Angelos got 90 percent of the network, an interest that is being diminished a bit each year, and $75 million from baseball for a 10 percent stake that it gave to the Nationals.

My love for Spooks was diminished a bit by the weekend's news that the prime minister loves to sit and watch the tiny band of MI5 agents single-handedly protect the nation from imminent destruction.