Sentence examples for diminished himself from inspiring English sources

Ben Bradshaw diminished himself yesterday by suggesting as much.

That said, for all the debate about whether Mr. Bush has diminished himself by going negative so early, the Bush-Kerry matchup has not been particularly negative, at least not yet, by historical standards.

"Never has so much time, effort and money been expended by an individual to diminish himself," Israel told me.

The foreign secretary divorces his wife and diminishes himself; the home secretary's forthright handling of his son's drug-taking earns him universal respect.

Mr. Snowden was courageous in admitting what he did and not hiding behind anonymity, but he is diminishing himself by seeking asylum in countries that have their own agendas.

Becker writes, "The ironic thing about the narrowing-down of neurosis is that the person seeks to avoid death, but he does it by killing off so much of himself and so large a spectrum of his action-world that he is actually isolating and diminishing himself and becomes as though dead".

The only drawback to this reading is that it faintly diminishes Antony himself.

Here are some of the most notable responses: "Rex is an intelligent, well prepared, defensive minded head coach that does a great job at motivating his team, then diminishes them, himself and their results by unnecessarily channeling his inner bombast".

But as the Legislature prepares to vote on the state's most austere budget in more than two decades, Mr. Silver suddenly finds himself diminished, leading a depleted Democratic caucus that is more politically isolated than at any time in years.

Far from feeling himself diminished by her growing reputation, he appreciated his wife's genius and did all he could to make it possible for her to express it.

Mr. Bremer, administration officials said, has been resisting a transfer of power to the new embassy in stages leading up to the June 30 deadline, not wanting any perception of diminished power for himself.