Sentence examples for diminished possibly from inspiring English sources

· This week Catherine watched Nigella, "weirdly mesmerising, and Jamie Oliver, who was looking cross and diminished, possibly on account of being hated by every child in the land".

It may be expected that their impact in the venue is diminished, possibly because the publication is of peripheral interest, or the Matthew effect [17] is absent, since the author has not already built up a reputation at that venue, and her work is less likely to be noticed.

With increasing doses of O3 this elevation in enzyme activity was found to be gradually diminished, possibly due to a steadily growing demand, leaving the overshoot becoming continually smaller until a balanced state is achieved.

During the incompatible interaction, the abundance of the plant proteins that hydrolyze the carbohydrate moieties of arabinogalactan, arabinoxylan, and other polysaccharides diminished, possibly preventing the degradation of cell wall polysaccharides, and thus stabilizing the plant cell wall.

Her solo career diminished somewhat, possibly because her tone was not heard at its best in large venues like the Royal Albert Hall.

The results are in agreement with an emerging understanding that, while midlife risk factors for ATH increase the risk for the later development of AD, once dementia begins, both risk factors and manifest disease diminish, possibly due to progressive weight loss with increasing dementia as well as disease involvement of the brain's vasomotor centers.

What is the proper way to respect older people and reap the benefits of their perspectives while also making adjustments for their possibly diminished abilities?

And I'd like to note that during the sentencing, when the judge mentioned the individuals beyond members of the Ravi and Clementi families whose lives had been disrupted and possibly diminished by this case, he expressly and emphatically included "M.B.," the man who visited Tyler in his dorm room and later wound up on the witness stand.

One may say of these attempts that they have certainly increased in sophistication, and possibly diminished in plausibility.

Should the IMF back down to its two European lending partners, its authority would be diminished and quite possibly its reputation hurt.

So the effect of AgNP/clay on H. pylori was possibly diminished.