Sentence examples for Lessen from inspiring English sources

But it might lessen the seismic nature of grief and fear a little, for both young children and adults, if we grew up with the idea of death as both inevitable and essential, instead of keeping it at arm's length.

Verdict: Professor Lorna Casselton from the Royal Society says: "SCD has a severe toll on Africa, and high-quality research to lessen the burden is much needed.

Germany's insistence on fiscal rigour in return for EU bailout funds had made matters worse in countries crying out for a bit of growth to lessen the pain, many readers opined.

In most cases there is something that you can focus on to lessen the sadness – some relief of a particular symptom has been managed, the child is marginally better than when they arrived.

Surely this can only assist the child and lessen the burdens.

Nothing we can say or do will lessen the pain felt by Olivia and Charlotte's families but I have promised them that we are committed to making our railway as safe as possible.

Boff has also suggested the establishment of "Canadian-style safe houses" and "citizen patrols" to lessen youth violence and anti-social street behaviour.

More importantly, it shows that the years in which one of the most important voices in pop culture was virtually silent have done nothing to lessen the impact of his words.

"It is in my power to lessen their sentence – it's not excluded that that will happen".

For the target, there might be no space to help clarify, lessen, correct, or even apologise over the roar of reaction; for the aggressors, the target might be the wrong target of outrage, the information could be spotty, non-existent, wrong, and so on.

Málaga thought they had to maintain a strong nucleus, lessen the pressure on the young players, and use what little money they had to add something different as they seek to compete for the top eight or nine places which will bring a significantly better deal.