Sentence examples for diminished by a bit of from inspiring English sources

An established item in the repertoire had been diminished by a bit of last-minute sloppiness, and the sight enraged him.

Indeed, the film does its bit to return some luster to the legend of Camelot, which has been so diminished by a generation of tell-all books, tawdry mini-series and tabloid surmise.

One's own pain is diminished by a chorus of ancient suffering.

Jones's stature has been diminished by a convergence of factors.

Thus the reproduction rate of the vector population is diminished by a factor of (1 - u_{3}).

Such problems can be diminished by changing a number of variables at a time.

They have also done nothing to diminish his reputation for being a bit of a nerd.

Cinema will be safer and very diminished by the absence of a vital provocateur.

These ambitions have perhaps been diminished by Mr. Franco's determined multitasking, which has received quite a bit of attention in the press.

My love for Spooks was diminished a bit by the weekend's news that the prime minister loves to sit and watch the tiny band of MI5 agents single-handedly protect the nation from imminent destruction.

"It does become a bit of a law of diminishing returns because there's error in the measuring device we're being measured against.