Sentence examples for been lessened from inspiring English sources
verb
To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
The democratic power they have has been lessened, and now they are asset-stripping the country.
"The supply has been lessened by one potential guy, and presumably the demand remains the same".
Only the cost has been lessened, the cost of doing it.
"Our esthetic worries have been lessened by our economic problems," Mr. Iger added.
The pain from the high prices has been lessened recently for foreigners visiting the town.
That has been lessened in the past decade by stringent new safety rules.
The problems of semantic ambiguity have been lessened — by paying pretty much no attention whatsoever to semantics.
If the Met had addressed stop and search, the chances of the riots happening would have been lessened".
In Northern Ireland the pay gap amongst full-time workers has not only been lessened, but flipped.
Vulnerability of river channels to urbanization has been lessened by the extensive construction of artificial water control improvements.
Maybe the tragedy of the dust bowl would have been lessened !!!! YES – climate matters tremendously in how and whether life can adapt, including us.
