Sentence examples for diminished hopes from inspiring English sources

Investors in computer companies took a double blow to their already diminished hopes for 2001 late yesterday.

The jump in the October inflation rate also diminished hopes that price increases might level off quickly in response to recent government efforts to rein in inflation.

"So if one has diminished hopes for the Putin presidency, one will be satisfied, but anyone with great hopes is sure to be disappointed".

It diminished hopes earlier in the day that engineers at the plant, working at tremendous personal risk, might yet succeed in cooling down the most damaged of the reactors, No. 2, by pumping in sea water.

The unrelenting bombardments further diminished hopes for the peace plan proposed by the UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, under which the Syrian government would withdraw its troops from towns by 6am this morning, and cease firing within 48 hours.

Shares fell across Europe after the latest breakdown in talks between Athens and its creditors diminished hopes of a deal being agreed at a meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Luxembourg on Thursday.

As Nintendo repeatedly stumbled through its disastrous E3 week, this fan-made trailer for a Zelda HD remake of Majora's Mask went viral, a loud cry of what longtime Nintendo fans desire, gathering each year with increasingly diminished hope they'll hear the words "Earthbound" and "Chrono Trigger" uttered.

Mr. Obama's own aides concede that they have diminishing hopes of winning that argument with China.

However, the data will diminish hopes that the ECB will feel the need to take further action to stimulate growth.

Benjamin Netanyahu's aggressive push to expand settlements in the West Bank further isolates Israel while diminishing hopes for a two-state solution.

This was followed by a political blow: in October, the Supreme Court ordered that the Northern and Eastern Provinces be separated, diminishing hopes for the Tamil homeland.