Sentence examples for a subtle diminution from inspiring English sources

"There's a subtle diminution in prestige".

Notwithstanding Mr Brown's quaint-sounding offer of British ships to help intercept weapons in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, no other country's military ambition is likely to look so shrunken.And there is another, related reason for the subtle diminution of Britain's foreign policy.

I didn't notice any such diminution, but I'm sure it's supposed to be a subtle, gradual and cumulative phenomenon.

A subtle signal?

A subtle portent lurks behind.

Iranians are a subtle people.

A subtle or obvious message?

It is a subtle war.

This is a subtle concept.

Again, a subtle lesson.

A subtle underlying levity prevailed.