Sentence examples for a diminished figure from inspiring English sources

But Mr Zhou seems a diminished figure.

Without it, he is a diminished figure.

Brown may be a diminished figure, but he is still respected.

But there seemed little doubt that Mr. Berlusconi is a diminished figure.

Win or lose, Latin America's most controversial autocrat is a diminished figure.

Moreover, the prime minister's allies dispute any suggestion that he is a diminished figure.

But when Mr Barroso does finally take office, he risks doing so as a seriously diminished figure.Andrew Duff, a British Liberal MEP, says he is extremely concerned about the possibility of "an enfeebled and wounded Barroso" for the next five years.

Mr. Stanford is now a much diminished figure from the swaggering financier with a muscular physique who only three years ago had a knighthood from Antigua and an estimated fortune of over $2 billion.

Candidate McCain was a much diminished figure, whose pick of Sarah Palin as his running mate won him a few days of headlines but signaled a disastrous retreat into the Republican comfort zone of the core conservative base a zone in which, paradoxically, McCain had never been comfortable.

All roads in Washington led to Mr Cheney.But now he is a much diminished figure.

He predicted that David Cameron, having resigned as prime minister, would cut a much diminished figure at the summit.