Sentence examples for diminish expectations from inspiring English sources

Already, his campaign is trying to diminish expectations for Mr. Obama's performance.

Ryan refused to diminish expectations or acknowledge the doubts raised because this is his first job as a head coach.

Yet the inevitable warm fuzziness doesn't terribly undercut all the nasty pleasures previously provided, nor diminish expectations for the next bit of mischief.

"Secret" said the head coach in a playful way that will do nothing to diminish expectations before Wales travel to meet a reinvigorated Ireland.

Like a new basketball coach inheriting a championship franchise that has struggled in recent seasons, Ms. Naegle sought to diminish expectations for herself, at least early on.

This didn't so much diminish expectations as heighten desperation among the passengers who, bearing cameras and binoculars, craved any kind of sighting.

He would do well to play down his initial chances and diminish expectation levels for instant success.

Yet we are home to a middle class confronting the erosion of several decades of financial and social gains and a deeply entrenched population of impoverished Americans cursed with diminished opportunities, diminished ways of escape, and diminished expectations.

Starting last January, when "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" became a regular part of ABC's schedule, network television, caught in a long downward spiral of diminishing expectations based on diminished returns, found itself lifted by a whiff of revival.

Gateway Inc., one of the manufacturers hit hardest by the recent downturn in consumer computer sales, told industry analysts yesterday that its already diminished expectations were still much too optimistic and that the company did not expect to be profitable or expand sales until the second half of this year.

The factor is diminishing expectations.