The pain lessened on Sunday, and the lethargy increased.    From Wordnik.com.  [Still Extant] Reference

The patter of the rain lessened and grew still; a sweet reviving air blew in at the windows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Melbourne House] Reference

Laperrieri was disheartened he didn't get his 100th Sunday, but the win lessened the disappointed.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Hockey - Vancouver vs. Colorado] Reference

The word lessened does not convey a sufficient idea of what experience has proved to be true, to the honour of our excellent soldiers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette]

My pride was lessened, that is, my worst pride was superseded by a more honest one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Valerie] Reference

It would, Baggs thought, be easier than carrying heavy crates; subtly the idea of lessened labor appealed to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Happy End] Reference

Real medical benefits, such as lessened risks of cancers or appendicitis, were entirely speculative.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hospital violated state law performing "Ashley Treatment"] Reference

The pain lessened again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nineteen Eighty-Four] Reference

We then had three respected art critics offer their opinions of the 'lessened' version.    From Wordnik.com.  [Front page feed] Reference

She acknowledged that the levity of her conduct had been such as lessened her right to reproach him.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue] Reference

The cry had neither stopped nor lessened in volume.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Tub] Reference

I will glorify them, and they shall not be lessened.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 28: Jeremias The Challoner Revision] Reference

As the afternoon went on, Qaeda resistance lessened.    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope] Reference

He said he thinks the concentrations of oil have lessened.    From Wordnik.com.  [Officials in gulf and BP resuming work on relief well] Reference

After an appeal, Rodney's suspension was lessened to two games.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nyjer Morgan suspended seven games by MLB [UPDATED]] Reference

If they are not given too much weight, this danger is lessened.    From Wordnik.com.  [Should test scores be used AT ALL for teacher evaluation?] Reference

Louise has fewer pupils, and Pere Issacar has lessened his orders.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

But if he had foreseen it, it would not have lessened the danger of the situation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

But as American Jews prospered and anti-Semitism lessened, the ADL began to change.    From Wordnik.com.  [Len Levitt: Hiding the Truth at John Jay?] Reference

The contest for 10018 was a secret ballot, which lessened the power of arm-twisting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Her Own Worst Enemy] Reference

"Confronting the strength of Don Quixote, the reader is never lessened, only enhanced.".    From Wordnik.com.  [It's Naughty! Haughty! It's Anti-Multi-Culti!] Reference

"These facts lessened the significance of the documents in the senator's eyes," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kerry changes tack on WikiLeaks documents] Reference

Finally the minister on stage gave a signal and the noise lessened and seemed to evaporate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Instrument] Reference

The same issues and divides that we've faced in previous decades have lessened and dwindled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oddisee: Hip-Hop Leaves The City] Reference

The impact of this spiritual transformation is somewhat lessened by the film's sheer realism.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Worm In The Big Apple] Reference

My belief that the Unabomer didn't target me personally has lessened the psychological impact.    From Wordnik.com.  [What The Unabomer Did To Me] Reference

As I grew older and began to form my own opinions, my embarrassment lessened and my anger grew.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time To Look And Listen] Reference

The immediate political impact was lessened by the court's unexpected affirmation of Roe v. Wade.    From Wordnik.com.  ['One Justice Away': The Political Fallout] Reference

He would wake up the next morning as a tragically time-lessened and near-future version of himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [misshaped planet] Reference

Approaching the kitchen from the foyer the reverb lessened until heel and floor where flint on flint.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Phantom] Reference

His mind calmed as he ran his eye on the edge of her ear, and the cutting ache in the back of his head lessened.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sri Lanka] Reference

After Claudet's departure, he felt an uneasy sensation of discomfort, and as if he himself had lessened in value.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Obese children suffer severe stigmatization, contributing to feelings of social rejection and lessened self-worth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Could a childhood infection trigger obesity?] Reference

Early voting, which accounted for 15,000 ballots in Prince George's County, also has lessened the early morning turnout, he suspects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Live blog: Maryland Primary Day 2010 morning -- Mikulski ready for general-election fight] Reference

Nor was their excitement lessened by the sight that met their eyes as they reached the rising ground and looked towards the schooner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lost in the Fog] Reference

He that is hasty to give credit, is light of heart, and shall be lessened: and he that sinneth against his own soul, shall be despised.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference