Example sentences for: diminish

How can you use “diminish” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • of the foundation's assets have come from the Gateses, and I don't want to diminish the generosity of surrendering $17 billion for the public good.

  • Low levels of funding and the absence of state, regional and national poverty training materials and teachers can diminish opportunities for staff education on substantive poverty law issues.

  • Among the several types of doubles in English, a rather large group ends both parts with the diminutive suffix - y or - ie . The group seems also to contain two similar sub-groups that produce opposite effects: those that diminish size and express endearment or amusement and those that diminish stature or worth and express disapproval or contempt.

  • When proper procedural safeguards are used, these elements alone do not diminish the value of case study methods.

  • Amino-acid substitutions that diminish binding to PS and PIP 2 impair Boi1 function, and fusion to a myristoyl group-accepting sequence improves the ability of these mutant versions of Boi1-PH to function, suggesting that binding to phospholipids is important for Boi1 action.


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