Sentence examples for suffered diminution from inspiring English sources
By borrowing the ideas and vocabulary of continental government, Shōtoku attempted to buttress the legitimacy of the royal house, which had suffered diminution at the hands of great clans.
There is not an agency that has not suffered a diminution of expertise or reputation.
To be sure, I believe the EU still has ample force to deter any direct aggression from Russia which has also suffered a diminution of conventional forces.
The latter are not acts of corruption because no person in their capacity as institutional role occupant either performs an act of corruption or suffers a diminution in their character.
But Russia does not appear to have suffered a commensurate diminution of willingness to engage in aggressive behavior.
The revised plan still offers generous benefits, but only to employees who suffer a "material diminution" in "duties or responsibilities" after a merger.
The parents in today's stories suffer the same diminution in authority felt by the parents reading them aloud (an hour past bedtime).
The fear is, however, expressed that if United States producers suffer from a diminution of their home market, it will, on the one hand, strengthen the demand for an increased tariff at Washington, and, on the other, lead to the exporting of the surplus products at low prices abroad.
In other words, the potential odorant recognition of humans may have suffered only a minor damage by the severe diminution of their OR repertoire.
Reverend William Bentley observed that Lincoln's criticism was a serious blow: "[N]ever did the Clergy suffer a more serious diminution of their influence and of their power".
