Sentence examples for back to a diminished from inspiring English sources

Went from a shy man, always placing a reassuring hand on your back, to a diminished pale figure in a bed, shouting CUNT!

Francesco Guicciardini wrote of the aftermath of Bicocca: They went back to their mountains diminished in numbers, but much more diminished in audacity; for it is certain that the losses which they suffered at Bicocca so affected them that in the coming years they no longer displayed their wonted vigour.

And Beltran is, without a doubt, the greatest center fielder to ever wear a Mets uniform (not counting Willie Mays, who came back to New York much diminished at forty-one).

His connections back to New Zealand have diminished now, too with his family relocating to Australia when he left for New York in 1991.

In a moment of weakness and despair Johnny Sack cries as he is put back into handcuffs and driven back to prison, greatly diminishing the respect his crew and Tony's crew have for him.

Undergoing full-term pregnancies back-to-back may diminish a mother's supply of folate, a B vitamin important for the developing nervous system, Schisterman said.

The trouble is that regulators have allowed and even encouraged the banks to become more "efficient"—lending ever more, against the backing of a diminishing base of capital.

The resources could also be brought back to Earth to bolster diminishing reserves.

But back to the fictional celebs: Their diminishing worth is just as much as product of their own mindframe as it is cruel Hollywood mechanics.

In an interview with Fortune magazine, Trump also said he "absolutely" backed efforts to diminish the Fed's power.

In September of that same year, the Portuguese parliament threatened to diminish Brazil back to the status of a colony, dismantle all the royal agencies in Rio de Janeiro, and demanded Pedro return to Lisbon.