Sentence examples for diminished country from inspiring English sources

The next generation will inherit a stagnant economy and a diminished country.

10.54am BST As we noted earlier, Lord Ashdown has tweeted that Britain is a "hugely diminished country" following the Commons vote on Syria.

Paddy Ashdown (@paddyashdown) We are a hugely diminished country thi am.

"We are a hugely diminished country thi [sic] am.

The reductions, known as the sequester, haven't yet diminished the country's forecasting system and will not impact disaster-relief funding in the near-term, according to government officials.

Amado's solution to the problem of racism - that whites and blacks should simply go to bed together - similarly failed to address the fact that a centuries-old history of miscegenation, while contributing much to the myth of a Brazilian "racial democracy", has not in any way diminished the country's profoundly racist structures.

His cruel tactics have diminished the country's image with international rights organizations, including the UN.

Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Issa Hayatou says Nigeria's failure to qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations has not diminished the country's importance to the structure of African football.

Other factors may have also come into play during this period, for example the economic slowdowns that many Latin American countries experienced, which reduced the fiscal environment to implement social programmes and thus diminished these countries' capacity to cope with the aftermath of extreme climate events.

I think it diminishes our country hugely.

It diminishes our country's chance for success".