Sentence examples similar to shrinking stature from inspiring English sources

Hamilton casts Gingrich as a ridiculous figure who gradually shrinks in stature next to the president.

In "The War Within," more judgmental still, President Bush shrinks in stature as the narrator's presence grows.

As Mr Khatami shrinks in stature, that defence sounds hollow.To date, the EU's main accomplishment has been to persuade Iran's top judge to introduce a moratorium though not an outright ban on the stoning to death of adulteresses.

Spaniards, in particular, shrank in stature 6000 years ago, perhaps as a result of adapting to colder temperatures and a poor diet.

But the boy is still visible beyond the five o'clock shadow, and there are moments when, battling more virile foes, he shrinks in stature.

All of this his ever-shrinking stature, the horrendous historical timing of this campaign, the lack of an intellectual rudder for his candidacy is now affecting the money.

Though he was widely admired during and after the Civil War, Grant's stature shrank in the aftermath of the slaughter of World War I. His bloody 1864 Wilderness campaign against Robert E. Lee earned him the tag "butcher," an epithet that took on even more sinister tones given the ghastly losses in the Great War.

Although it threatened to reassume control of the city's finances in 1991, its stature has been shrinking in recent years.

Outside Ms. Marble's museum, Michael Jackson's stature has long been shrinking, as have his record sales.

5) Reducing himself and his discourse to Jr. High School girl- or boy-talk and consciousness reduces his stature, which is already shrinking fast.

The shrinking population is banking on automation to maintain the country's global stature.