Sentence examples for thought diminished from inspiring English sources

It was also a departure from the style of his predecessor, François Hollande, who called himself a "normal" president — a description many French thought diminished the office.

Nothing wrong with that, except it encourages flabbiness of curatorial thought, diminishing what I would call the curator's art.

He accepted the idea that property should be private and unequally distributed and thought the operation of the free market the best way to benefit the whole of society; for free trade would, he thought, diminish the inequalities of wealth in a common prosperity.

"Anything that makes that more difficult would, I think, diminish the quality of what we are able to show and do here".

Aside from the demoralizing and inhumane college application process -- a subject for another day (or book) -- teens today are glued to their smart phones, which I think diminishes intimacy instead of promoting it.

The leader was unhappy with the integration and thought it diminished his power so he refused to cooperate.

Legend has it that Celtic warriors eschewed body armor (and even clothing!) in battle because they thought it diminished the glory of a true victory.

Poor usability of health technology is thought to diminish work system performance, increase error rates and, potentially, harm patients.

"It wasn't a surprise, but at the same time, I don't think that diminished it at all".

We would never propose a rule that we thought would diminish protections afforded to investors under the federal securities laws.

Woods' flight from South Africa with his family reminded some critics of The Sound of Music and was thought to diminish the impact of the Biko section.