Sentence examples for diminished in numbers from inspiring English sources

Judge Batts concluded: "There is no question that the members of the Third Church of Christ, though diminished in numbers, are no less deserving of protection".

But the rush had attracted an army of ranchers, farmers, hotel operators, storekeepers, and civil servants who, although diminished in numbers, formed a nucleus for an ongoing, settled society.

McCall has had to be resourceful in trying to maintain Motherwell's status on a reduced budget, but the current squad is diminished in numbers and ability.

Independent LGBT bookstores, once a vibrant community with stores in most major U.S. urban areas, have diminished in numbers, size and reach over the past 20 years.

Francesco Guicciardini wrote of the aftermath of Bicocca: They went back to their mountains diminished in numbers, but much more diminished in audacity; for it is certain that the losses which they suffered at Bicocca so affected them that in the coming years they no longer displayed their wonted vigour.

Intuitively, metaphysical possibilities (or historical alternatives) diminish in numbers as the time passes.

The Taliban may be diminished in number and farther from population centers, but they cannot be written off, many Helmand residents said.

As the numbers of waiting families diminished in number, their panic increased, and each religious leader was assigned to a family.

In association with these changes in marker expression, round cell clusters gradually diminished in number.

Consequently, epithelial cells, macrophages and fibroblasts are absent or diminished in number.

Similar to the osteoclasts, osteoblasts were also markedly diminished in number and, where present, were small and flat with pale cytoplasm.