"dwindling confidence" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to describe a decrease or decline in one's self-assurance or belief in oneself. Example: Despite her initial enthusiasm, Jenna's dwindling confidence in her ability to succeed caused her to second-guess her decision to apply for the job.
Certainly the poor marking, lack of invention and dwindling confidence had all the trademarks of 35 miles over the Pennines.
Polls often show a dwindling confidence in democracy and the free market, most recently in Latin America, the report said.
For a time it seemed to have alleviated both the team's dwindling confidence and the fans' vanishing patience, but Mido's misses ensured that both remain very much alive.
Clearly Ramos was not able to generate the passion necessary to turn Tottenham's dismal form around. Gomes, the goalkeeper blamed by the manager for the most recent defeat at Udinese, was the latest player to have spoken about dwindling confidence.
It might have been my 42nd birthday, or maybe it was the words "don't panic", which supporters of liberal causes are muttering with dwindling confidence these days, but something impelled me to reread The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Dwindling confidence in how to cook food from scratch will affect the health of tomorrow's families as today's children grow up without the knowledge or practical skills to make nutritionally balanced meals.
Standard & Poor's said it had downgraded its rating of Iceland's local currency, and interest rates on Greek bonds rose, signaling dwindling investor confidence.
The sector bore the brunt of dwindling investor confidence in recent weeks as fallout from the meltdown in subprime mortgages spread to other corners of the credit market.
But in a weakening economy suffering from layoffs, excess capacity and dwindling consumer confidence, the Fed has been only partly successful.
Ryanair is establishing its 25th European base in the face of growing concern that dwindling consumer confidence will affect demand for air travel.
Dwindling investor confidence turned the kwacha, Zambia's currency, into Africa's second-worst performer last year.Economic growth of 5.5% still exceeds population growth, but is at its lowest for a decade.
