Sentence examples for Declining stature from inspiring English sources

Declining oil prices, and the declining stature of President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, will also make Mr. Obama's task easier.

It comes in the same week that Germany gave up its most cherished title, world export champion, to China, heightening fears of a declining stature and importance globally.

The shifting emphasis to those markets is part of a broader trend in the industry, and underscores the declining stature of the United States in the global economy.

Becoming a fuller military partner of the United States has been a centerpiece of the prime minister's bid to reverse his nation's declining stature in the region after years of economic stagnation and its relative eclipse by China's rise.

In 2005, Patric M. Verrone, a longtime animation writer, was elected president of the western guild on a promise to shore up the declining stature of unionized writers within the industry.

PAGE C3 TOYOTA EXPECTS DROP Toyota said that its annual profit would probably drop for the first time in nine years because of the slowdown in the United States economy, accelerating a shift into emerging markets like China and Latin America and the Middle East and underscoring the declining stature of the United States in the global economy.

The unprecedented questioning of a sitting president by the Majles was widely interpreted as a sign of Ahmadinejad's declining political stature.

When adults are asked to think about what the United States will be like in 2050, they see the country declining in stature on the world stage, a widening gap between the haves and the have-nots and growing political polarization.

Gabii remained an important city-state until declining in stature and population in the second and third centuries CE.

The Indianapolis 500, in its earlier years the dominant sporting event of the Memorial Day weekend in the United States, has declined in stature as a result of decades of internecine warfare among teams, organizers and sanctioning bodies, but still manages to produce a major spectacle for the more than 300,000 fans in attendance.

He ended up second to Kel Nagle, who finished with two birdies to win by a shot, but he was hooked and his enthusiasm for the Open was to revive a competition that had declined in stature and relevance as the years rolled by and the Americans stayed at home.