French support gradually diminished, and a larger army was needed to occupy the already-won land.

When it fails you can guarantee that any support of nuclear will quickly diminish.

With the favor of Heaven so obviously withdrawn, their support for any and all governments had diminished drastically.

If anything, public support for the working poor has diminished, as a result of the budget cuts of the early 1980's.

If they kept their mouths shut and let moderate people present the issues, the President's support might diminish significantly.

Such support has diminished in the Bush years.

During the last year, however, public support for the far-right has diminished substantially.

With these two events, popular support for the war diminished in Italy.

There are limits on how long and how hard Iraq can be hit before foreign support diminishes.

That trust and support of public school education is really diminishing.