Sentence examples for diminished myself from inspiring English sources
Reading Thoreau always gives me the sense of living in a diminished world and being somewhat diminished myself.
During the bridge, the lyrics presumably talks about a marriage which did not work out for unknown reasons, "I tried to be a good girl/ I tried to be your wife/ I diminished myself/ And I swallowed my light".
Previously, to a tremendous extent my thoughts would go on and on about how I diminished myself all the time, how weak my self-esteem was, and that sort of thing.
But when a man who had become for me the possessor of all wisdom told me these things, when I was 18, the one diminished was myself.
And I will NEVER diminish myself again in any way.
With lyrics like, "You were so mad at me / who's got custody / lawyers / suck it up / didn't have a prenup," followed by "I tried to be a good girl / tried to be your wife / diminish myself / swallowed my life," it's pretty clear that Madge's "I Don't Give A," the latest track off her upcoming MDNA album, is a response to Madonna's ill-fated marriage to Ritchie.
If I missed, the chance to save the bridge would be greatly diminished, and I myself would risk discovery.
I felt myself being diminished in increments.
When I couldn't sing, the me that I knew myself to be was diminished.
The feelings I had were so raw and overwhelming I often wished I could find a way of losing myself altogether until the intensity diminished.
Mr. Boehner deserves kudos for his lifetime achievements, but that praise is diminished somewhat if he is saying, "If I can lift myself up by my own bootstraps, you can, too".
