Sentence examples for roles dwindled from inspiring English sources

I warned friends that UC would rapidly become an unaffordable luxury as the welfare roles swelled with illiterate immigrants while the tax roles dwindled because of white flight.

Although Peck continued to lend his talents wherever needed — such as the recorded voice of an off-stage Florenz Ziegfeld in the 1991 Broadway hit "Will Rogers Follies" — he considered himself semiretired in his later years as worthwhile roles dwindled.

But with a declining threat, shrinking Pentagon budgets and higher-priority missions to monitor ballistic missile launchings around the world, Norad's air defense role dwindled to the 20 fighters -- 14 in the continental United States -- on alert two weeks ago.

Clearly, radio's local role has dwindled as big media chains have bought out their smaller competitors.

At a time where local authorities' roles are dwindling, schools will need to work together – perhaps though academy chains – to make things work.

Clashed with AOL brass in wake of troubled merger, bemoaning his backseat role and dwindling fortune.

She will talk effectively about dwindling roles for women in their 50s, but is affronted by suggestions – even indirect ones – that she downplay her age.

After the popular success of "Sugar Babies," Mr. Rooney received his second honorary Oscar, for "50 years of versatility in a variety of memorable film performances". His film appearances dwindled to small roles — he was a security guard in the Ben Stiller comedy "Night at the Museum" (2006) — but he continued working through this year.

After his movie career dwindled to forgettable roles like a vampire in "The Return of Dracula" in 1958, he began an acting workshop that became the American National Academy of Performing Arts in Los Angeles and continued to teach a Tuesday night class there until a few weeks ago, driving in from the desert.

Fans of clarets — red wines from Bordeaux — may recall that malbec long contributed color and depth to them; today its supporting role in that region has dwindled significantly, and the grape is vanishing.

Though the piano still enthralls concertgoers, its role in the household has dwindled over the last 75 years as the once honored tradition of amateur music-making has been rendered sadly irrelevant by recordings, digital keyboards and, now, on-line music services.