Sentence examples similar to zeal diminished from inspiring English sources
He, like many of his predecessors, continued the expansion of settlements, except that Netanyahu went about it with zeal, gradually diminishing the prospect of a Palestinian state while defying the international community's plea to halt this illegal enterprise.
Neither domestic criticism, nor the Iraqi fiasco have evidently diminished his zeal for liberal interventionism, though.
He interprets court statistics as evidence that reformed Genevans became "less quarrelsome... and more honest," whereas they really reflect the diminishing zeal of denouncers.
While teak park benches and black granite parapets undoubtedly have only limited utility when you've been made homeless by rezoning, this detail hasn't diminished Amanda's zeal a bit, "I've always had this fanatical need to make a contribution, and I've always had a desire to build something permanent".
At this point it wasn't entirely clear what wouldhappen: I could have sliced the cooked potatoes and fried them with the leeks and peppers, but there was a danger that in my zeal to brown the potatoes - and with my attentiveness diminished by backache - I might char the leeks and ruin their delicate flavor.
His years in the business did not diminish his zeal for news.
We may find that targeting the families, just as we do other enemy military personnel and facilities, may be the only way to diminish their zeal for terrorism.
But that did not diminish his zeal for making changes to a legal system that he regards as one with chronic problems.
