Sentence examples for and the lessened from inspiring English sources

Mr. Nissim said that more than 5,000 people have attended close to 300 gatherings, figures he attributes to common sense ("eating alone is boring") and the lessened social pressures, because most of those attending are not looking for romance.

Indeed, if these pieces can lay any claim to deep thinking, it is that they are at once celebrations of tabloid brutality and of a bygone theatrical artifice since supplanted by machines, the wonders of electricity and the lessened imaginations of spectators.

This occurred at some cost to Lafayette's image in America: veterans returned from the front singing "We've paid our debt to Lafayette, who the hell do we owe now?" A longer-term threat was the increasing sophistication of Americans and the lessened need for symbols of patriotism; by 1971, according to Anne C. Loveland, "Lafayette no longer served as a national hero-symbol".

It is an organization that has dedicated itself to the reliability of supplies and the lessening of the volatility in the markets".

The combined effect of the oil and the lessening of the storm allowed many more lifeboats to be sent to Volturnos aid.

Highs moderate into the 80s, and the lessening heat leads to lower evaporation-generated humidity and fewer convection-generated thundershowers, which are unusual after around mid-October.

In addition, if the migraine condition improved and the headaches lessened, the chances of developing diabetes went up.

Eventually he teamed up with other college graduates, Joe Oeschger and Stan Baumgartner and the hazing lessened to a degree.

As their child got older, they gradually came to terms with uncertainty and the worries lessened.

It also enabled wet and dry seasons and lessened the extent of the world's deserts.

The small effort it demands of the reader triggers a greater engagement, and the effort lessens as the pages turn.