Sentence examples for diminished pride from inspiring English sources

Let us subject Mr. Putin and his loyal minions to what they fear most: loss of money and diminished pride while we raise the flag for human dignity and international law.

They might seem quiet if you put 'em next to any of these modern fellows -- but quietness don't diminish pride.

But those real-world complications were more than a 17-year-old seeker of truth and wisdom could be expected to grasp, so Ms. Mahoney sticks to the everyday slights of a woman who became more imperious, demanding and rude in direct proportion to her declining health, diminishing eyesight and diminishing pride.

But while the size of the Polish community has diminished, the pride of those who remain has not.

The militant nationalisms of that time would never have retained their grip on power without the economic desperation of the population and their longing for charismatic leadership that would restore the power and wealth of the nation and assign blame to the groups responsible for unemployment, idle factories, dropping incomes, diminished national pride, hopelessness and futility.

He missed the birth of his daughter after being promised he'd feature for Scotland but remained on the bench, although that didn't diminish his pride at playing for his country.

But that doesn't mean that the Iowa Firearms Coalition won't push for that law in the future, Liske said, and it doesn't diminish his pride.

That does not diminish the pride Pujols takes in his game, and the reputation he has earned as a Hall of Famer in waiting, and one of the greatest hitters in baseball history.

Nicholas said the legal challenges that he and other executives faced did not diminish the pride he felt for the company he built with Samueli, his former professor at UCLA.

We're not returning to the days when President (John F). Kennedy could warn in his inaugural that we would defend any friend, oppose any foe". Even so, it doesn't diminish the pride that most Americans--and perhaps especially the troops--feel over the role they have played in the Gulf.

Hopes of a place at the finals in Brazil had been ruined before Strachan took office but a rock bottom finishing position would be the latest blow to already diminished national football pride.