Sentence examples for dwindling prestige from inspiring English sources

Palmer's Anderson-assisted win at Birkdale in 1961, compounded by another, more emphatic victory the following year at Troon, duly restored the Open's dwindling prestige.

If you are wondering why the government is squandering its dwindling prestige by having opinions about such things, you have not been paying attention to Whirlpool's demonstration that it is more adept at manipulating Washington than it is at making washing machines.

Quite how they'll treat the Capital One Cup final on Sunday afternoon is anyone's guess, but despite its dwindling prestige and apparently increasing pointlessness, in a world where actually playing competitive football seems a massive imposition on the time of high profile teams with far more important commercial concerns to worry about, they might as well go all out to win it.

Ahmadinejad showed that he could be dignified in the face of crass American bullies, which will play well abroad -- and may even buttress his dwindling prestige in Iran.

The sport, which has been dwindling in prestige and ticket sales for half a century, could use the help.

The president's prestige was dwindling anyway.

The panel asserted that American prestige had dwindled, that much of its charity was overlooked and that its overall approach lacked strategic direction.

Church leaders discovered that many of the most promising candidates among the Swiss nobility, diplomatic corps or military were not eager to move to Rome for a job that pays little and whose prestige has dwindled.

The bipartisan report, called "Changing Minds, Winning Peace," found that America's prestige had dwindled, that its good works were largely ignored and that it lacked strategic direction in its message.

All are suffering the indignity of a collapse in second-hand-car prices as global demand for luxury and prestige cars dwindles.Sales of new luxury cars in America were 39% lower in November than in the same month in 2007, according to Autodata, a research firm.

It goes without saying that the prestige and calibre of institutions are going to count in a dwindling jobs market.