He lessened his brother 's importance.
The power of the church in national affairs has lessened.
As spring advanced, the discomforts of Lowood lessened.
In trials, exercise even lessened fatigue in patients who were having therapy for cancer.
As relations between India and Pakistan improved after 2003, the bloodshed has lessened.
The sensitive work lessened the risk of further casualties that the use of cranes and diggers might pose.
Moderate chocolate consumption significantly reduced heart failure risk, but the protective effect lessened as more or less was eaten.
Then within allowance of gear design requirement, the flank distortions are lessened by adjusting scale factors and flank crowning.
The shearing strength at the foundation, where the concrete is placed on a smooth rock surface, may be lessened.
A result of Boudicca's rebellion was that the Romans strengthened their military presence in Britain and lessened the oppressiveness of their rule.
Just as the Web has empowered lots of small business owners, she said that it's lessened the need for booking agencies that take a cut of workers' earnings.
With no increase in the minimum wage over his full eight years in office, the negative impact of this price floor on employment was lessened.
It found that eating fibre, in the form of vegetables, fruit and wholegrain cereals, lessened the risk of cancer and that fish, eaten at least every other day, was also protective.
State lawmakers in 2009 altered existing liquor laws in a way that lessened the financial burden on small distilleries, paving the way for the Dark Corner Distillery to set up shop.
People threw away perfectly good clothes or hastily had them made over according to -the instructions of European fashion dictators. It seemed dumb to him, and he felt lessened doing the photography.
We named the pictures' All for One, One for All. '... my girls lessened my sense of unease and I hope they will always remember that scary stuff isn't quite so scary when you can laugh about it.
In less than a week, his ordinarily fit body and equilibrium undergo dark and ugly changes: Spurlock grows fat, his cholesterol rockets north, his organs take a beating, and he becomes subject to headaches, mood swings, symptoms of addiction, and lessened sexual energy.
