Sentence example with the word 'lessening'

lessening

abatement, assuagement, cut, decrescent, diminishment, easement, letdown, numbing, relief, slackening, weakening

Definition n. a change downward

Last update: October 30, 2015


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They both knew he spoke the truth—a steady salary would go a long way toward lessening their money problems.   [Please select]

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He naturally tries, then, to continue production by lessening expenses.   [Please select]

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The mother continues to watch and spin, lessening her activity from day to day.   [Please select]

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The water gushed through, lowering the current and lessening the fall.   [Please select]

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But the breeze, far from lessening its force, blew as if to bend the mast, which, however, the metallic lashings held firmly.   [Please select]

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She lay motionless, her breath coming and going in lessening respirations.   [Please select]

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The dreams again associated themselves with the picture, and my fears grew instead of lessening as the time went by.   [Please select]

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To anxious eyes that watched their departure, their white sails, lessening in the distance, wafted back messages of hope and assurance.   [Please select]

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This knowledge was infinitely comforting to Helen, and for the first time since the flight had begun she felt a lessening of the weight upon mind and heart.   [Please select]

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Then the deafening crash passed to roar, and that swept on and on, lessening in volume, deepening in low detonation, at last to die in the distance.   [Please select]

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