Sentence examples for empire shrank from inspiring English sources

Every year the Empire shrank as another few countries took their rightful independence.

Toward the end of the 14th century the power of Kanem waned, and the empire shrank until little was left of it except Bornu.

Its collection is based on objects gathered from French territories in Africa and Oceania before the empire shrank to the beaches of Saint Barts.

Over a period of years, though, his empire shrank as banks forced him to hand over ever-larger portions of his holdings and made him give up extravagances like his 281-foot yacht.

In 1951 Winston Churchill returned to power and, after the loss of India, was in no mood to see the British Empire shrink still further.

(He uses the term "great catastrophe", which has riled many).Abdul Hamid II, who became the Ottoman sultan in 1876, was consumed with paranoia as he watched his empire shrink.

LONDON — When their day is done, empires shrink back on themselves, but the yearning for greatness never quite fades.

With the downturn in the newspaper industry, Copley Press sold off its other newspapers, and the empire eventually shrank to its flagship newspaper.

The Empire was shrinking.

Meanwhile, Cablevision's regional sports television empire is shrinking.

At Mehmet's conquest, the empire had shrunk to Constantinople, a few nearby islands and the Peloponnese.