lessening

There was no lessening of the expression of certainty on the young man's face.

There was no lessening of the bride's composure as she replied, with a little shrug.

I never thought of lessening the distance betwixt us, I am sure.

It will, in fact, rather accomplish the opposite, apart from lessening employment.

And ever, it seemed to me from the answers that I got, was I lessening the distance that separated us.

“Yes, you did,” she agreed, with no lessening of her coldness.

It was reckoning with the near-coming day and was lessening in fury.

As the water rose and rose, the sound of her guns was like a lessening thunder.

But the pressure to conform, instead of lessening, grew more intense.

I took no risk of lessening the effect created by his having to come to me.