Sentence examples for to lessening from inspiring English sources
verb
To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
Cerrone continued to make albums throughout the 80s, but to lessening returns.
Even so, the amount of it devoted to lessening our anxieties about any financial pain in the present is alarming.
Even though it's a false accusation most of the time, it has contributed to lessening the weight of guilty verdicts".
No one dealt with these issues more thoroughly than Xunzi, and his passionate defense of the Confucian moral vision contributed substantively to lessening the distance between the philosophical ideal and the historical reality.
"We've found a balance that will contribute to lessening alcohol-fuelled violence whilst still allowing our global city to thrive and be enjoyed by residents and visitors alike," he said.
If known, how has this country's output of greenhouse gases affected other countries (environmentally, economically, etc).? -What is the country's obligation to lessening greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol?
Derivatives allow them to lessen that risk.
Typically, businesses want to lessen government regulation.
The goal is to lessen smoking, right?
Official efforts to lessen anger have increased.
"My goal is to lessen the pain of dying".
