Sentence examples for somewhat watered down from inspiring English sources

Now the new immigrant inflow from south of the border has somewhat watered down, especially during the recession and with increased border security.

Under the old system, small countries had more votes in the council, in proportion to their populations, than larger ones; that privilege, though still preserved, has now been somewhat watered down (see table).

"On the girls' side, Jessica's popularity is somewhat watered down by having shared the stage for so long with Jennifer, which was off its peak by the time the Millennial Generation started being named," they added.

I am in favour of this proposal to simplify and liberalise, which has been somewhat watered down by the precautionary nature of the amendments tabled by Parliament.

This doctrinaire concept has been somewhat watered down.

They always seemed thin and somewhat watered down.

After intense lobbying by Sudan (the resolution named no names, but evidently the shoe fitted) among the UN's Africa group, backed surprisingly by South Africa, the language of the resolution has been watered down somewhat.

Last year the Pentagon also released a survey of a much larger number of military installations and the risks they were facing, but that document appeared to have been watered down somewhat in comparison with a draft version composed during the Obama administration.

When I asked Werner if he thought the word "quality" has been watered down somewhat over the past X number of years during the entrepreneurial age he pulled no punches in his reply.

I would weep for joy were the news not watered down somewhat by the fact that the first game arriving on Apple's devices isn't the actual monster collection and battling game that makes up the core franchise, but is instead the Pokémon trading card game.

As Congress pushed through financial regulations that seemed to get watered down last year, Wall Street's chief executives tried to suggest, somewhat surprisingly, that their highly paid lobbyists did not have much sway.