...He was now about fifty yards from me, and I made shiftto lessen the distance... 
John Buchan 「Mr. Standfast」
...You may say my own shame should silence me; I speak to lessen my shame in your eyes, if I can...
Anthony Hope 「Rupert of Hentzau」
...The second guard proved even less communicative than the first, up to the point when, to lessen his ennui, King began to whistle...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...Yet no distrust was shown, and my poverty did not lessen my influence...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
...As it was it took us a considerable time to lessen the water in the boat, for deep as she was, the water which leaped in often again nearly refilled her...
W. H. G. Kingston 「The African Trader」
...This did not satisfy me, nor lessen my interest in the subject...
Frederick Douglass 「My Bondage and My Freedom」
...In order to prevent breakage andto lessen the effects of the jar to which the eggs aresubjected during shipment, they must be carefullypacked...
Harry M. Lamon 「Ducks and Geese」
...Other agents in chemical combination may tend tointensify, lessen, or wholly neutralize the poisonous effect...
U.S. Department of Agriculture 「Special Report on Diseases of Cattle」
...Multiply these hornsover the surface of the body, lessen their size, and crown them withhairs, and we have our Io moth, so destructive to corn...
Alpheus Spring Packard 「Our Common Insects」
...No, my intention is not to lessen your renown...
J. H. Fabre 「The Wonders of Instinct」
...I cannot lessen the difficulty...
Francis Huber Anonymous 「New observations on the natural history of bees」
...For practical purposes it is better to thin the lacquer withturpentine oil or other solvent in order to facilitate the lacqueringand lessen the drying time of the lacquer...
William N. Brown 「Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition」
...The oblong hut from whichit came rocked and almost fell; then, as the noise began to lessen,teetered on its foundations and half-slipped into the ragged hole thathad been bored inside...
Various 「Astounding Stories, April, 1931」
...Strange lights,causing weird effects, but producing no damage at all, save to lessen tosome extent the courage of Earthlings, because they did not understandthese things...
Various 「Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930」
...Even the presentsweltering heat failed to lessen the men's careful observation of thevisitors who, from time to time, strolled listlessly about the room...
Various 「Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930」
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