Sentence examples for waning world from inspiring English sources

The play deals with a waning world.

WASHINGTON — When Senator Barack Obama was photographed clutching a copy of "The Post-American World" as he left his campaign plane during the Democratic primaries in May 2008, some critics viewed it as a telling sign that he embraced a view of the United States as a waning world power.

We cannot accept the United States as a waning world power, simply because we are too myopic to invest in our own future.

Enthusiasm waned during World War II amid shortages of aluminum, magnesium and young men on the home front.

In Europe the spirit of nationalism appeared to wane after World War II with the establishment of international economic, military, and political organizations such as NATO, the European Coal and Steel Community, Euratom, and the Common Market.

The massive stream of European emigration to the United States, which had begun in the late 19th century and waned during World War I, slowed to a trickle with immigration reform in the 1920s.

The team's popularity began to wane after World War II, but it was revived when Burns decided to change their long-standing radio characterizations of young lovers to those of middle-aged spouses.

Parsons's influence waned after World War II, but she continued her column until December 1965, when it was taken over by her assistant, Dorothy Manners, who had in fact been writing it for more than a year.

Sunday's popularity waned after World War I when many people in his revival audiences were attracted to radio broadcasts and moving pictures instead.

Instead what emerged was a raw contest of power, and eventually Britain, waning on the world stage, accommodated itself to reality and let go.

Could it be that, after years of waning popularity, the world is once again falling in love with Japanese video games?