Lessens or wanes

Usage examples of diminishes.

We know that this characteristic of matter diminishes gradually with its transition from the solid to the liquid and aeriform states.

It in no way diminishes her to say that Megan is a more lovely woman than Helse ever could have been.

He saw that the vegetative strength in the plant diminishes in proportion as its organism enters upon its later stages.

He saw that the organ diminishes in volume, but not that at the same time it ennobles itself, and so, against reason, he attributed decline to the path towards perfection.

The locus from which modern man watches the world is a point within the field of this consciousness, and the intensity with which the world acts on it diminishes with increasing spatial distance from this point.

This diminishes the hold of levity on the total amount of physical matter present on the earth.

When the discomfort ceases, or even when it appreciably diminishes, we have sensations possessing a property which we call PLEASURE.

That is to say, as the difference diminishes, the part of the difference which is not according to the laws of perspective diminishes much more rapidly, and bears to the total difference a ratio which tends towards zero as both are made smaller and smaller.

The flow from the iron spout quickly diminishes from a gush to a stream, to a trickle, to a dribble, to a drip.

But one crucial difference comes to the fore: magic properthe belief that the subject can magically alter the object diminishes rapidly.

Magic proper thus diminishes, or rather, the omnipotent magic of the individual subjecta magic that no longer "works"is simply transferred to other subjects.

And however true that aspect of the intuition is, this unpacking leaves out, or seriously diminishes, the "we" and the "it" dimensions.