Sentence examples for had lessened from inspiring English sources

Improvements in machines had lessened the fire danger.

Marie's fear of used hypodermics had lessened over the years.

She said the impact of the Firestone tire recalls had lessened over time.

Larson said that distance and defeats had lessened some of the enthusiasm for Warner.

No 10's spokesperson made clear that Britain agreed with Obama that the need for humanitarian air drops had lessened.

When he stepped out of the cab, his anger had lessened through too much concentration on it.

To the east, New Orleans was under a flash flood warning Tuesday morning, but rainfall had lessened in the afternoon.

Moreover, some terrorism analysts said that Lashkar's dependence on its original sponsors had lessened in recent years.

Attacks continued against the Americans on Thursday, though the violence had lessened from earlier in the week.

By the 1960s the political heft behind geometric abstraction had lessened and it leaned more to the conceptual and performative.

The site's founding editor, Merrill Brown, left two months later, in June, complaining that the move had lessened his autonomy.