Diminishing is an English word with synonyms like decreasing. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Diminishing in a sentence
Related words
Diminishing meaning
becoming smaller
Synonyms of Diminishing
Using Diminishing
- The main meaning on this page is: becoming smaller
- Useful related words include: decreasing.
- In the example corpus, diminishing often appears in combinations such as: diminishing the, diminishing returns, of diminishing.
Context around Diminishing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 4 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Diminishing
- In this selection, "diminishing" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, clearly, way, isolation, returns, costs and audience stand out and add context to how "diminishing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a diminishing audience combined and aimed at diminishing the transparent. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "diminishing" sits close to words such as amusement, atletico and caa, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with diminishing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Comic book deaths are always associated with diminishing returns. (9 words)
In residential construction, new business remains very low and companies’ order backlogs are diminishing. (14 words)
James said: 'Her body language fluctuated between confident splaying and more vulnerable self-diminishing. (14 words)
In 2023 when health is a major topic and plans for a new Dunedin hospital seem to be ever changing and its size diminishing, it would be very easy to forget about a classy rural hospital such as Dunstan and its needs for funds from the health vote. (48 words)
If an elderly person has had a fall, they are also more likely to fall again and it can lead to a fear of falling, restrictions in activity and social isolation… diminishing life and ultimately costing everyone, in more ways than one. (42 words)
Beth Pratt, California executive director for the National Wildlife Federation and a key player in developing the wildlife crossing, said it’s important to balance the different arguments to ensure the diminishing LA cougar population has a future. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
You're talking about diminishing costs as if they were diminishing returns, and it's literally the opposite.
A diminishing audience combined with diminishing production of Latin texts pushed Latin into a declining spiral from which it has not recovered.
Beth Pratt, California executive director for the National Wildlife Federation and a key player in developing the wildlife crossing, said it’s important to balance the different arguments to ensure the diminishing LA cougar population has a future.
Comic book deaths are always associated with diminishing returns.
Contacted, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Ekerete Udoh, denied the allegation and described the YPP position as politically- motivated, aimed at diminishing the transparent disposition of Governor Emmanuel.
Diminishing deformation outward from the center, a marginal syncline, and upturned beds on the periphery of the basin are also suggestive of meteor craters.
Given concerns about his age and clearly diminishing physical and mental health, however, this latest fall is yet another reason to worry he can’t handle the rigors of the job.
However, while the need for climate action is rising, the stakes for COP, perhaps counter-intuitively, look to be diminishing.
However, without in any way diminishing our overall focus on the war’s inter-imperialist character, it is appropriate and correct for us to reflect the objective need for such an independent working class struggle.
If an elderly person has had a fall, they are also more likely to fall again and it can lead to a fear of falling, restrictions in activity and social isolation… diminishing life and ultimately costing everyone, in more ways than one.
In 2023 when health is a major topic and plans for a new Dunedin hospital seem to be ever changing and its size diminishing, it would be very easy to forget about a classy rural hospital such as Dunstan and its needs for funds from the health vote.
In fact, 68% of Americans believe that the stigma of being single is gradually diminishing, according to a recent survey by The Harris Poll.
In residential construction, new business remains very low and companies’ order backlogs are diminishing.
Instead of diminishing, the concentration risk is evidently increasing, further emphasizing the need for risk mitigation strategies.
I tell ’em, that’s what’s up.”) His concern seemed to be that people thought his job was easy—that they were diminishing all the work he had put into the role.
James said: 'Her body language fluctuated between confident splaying and more vulnerable self-diminishing.
Liberation is the right word, Mitchell answers, because there is freedom in the ever-diminishing responsibility.
Many northern Ontario high schools are diminishing the importance of final exams or dropping them altogether.
Mortada’s decision said the film was found to “promote homosexuality and sexual transformation” and “contradicts values of faith and morality” by diminishing the importance of the family unit.
On the point of diminishing the significance of running backs, Smith, the NFL’s all-time leader in rushing touchdowns, believes that’s simply a PR strategy concocted by the NFL to boost TV ratings and fantasy football.
Common combinations with diminishing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- diminishing the 31×
- diminishing returns 23×
- of diminishing 22×
- is diminishing 17×
- the diminishing 16×
- with diminishing 7×
- and diminishing 7×
- are diminishing 6×
- be diminishing 5×
- in diminishing 5×