Sentences with decrease
de·crease
D d - Population growth is decreasing by 1.4% each year. [VERB + by]
- ...a decrease in the number of young people out of work. [+ in]
- Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands also registered a decrease -- of almost 14 per cent -- over the same period.
- Studies have suggested that a 2% decrease in hydration leads to a 10% decrease in performance.
- During the ten-day march across the desert their supply of water decreased rapidly.
- To decrease one's work load.
- But there's no ignoring the mountain of evidence that moderate consumption of red wine in particular may decrease the risk of heart disease.
- The verb is pronounced (dɪkriːs ). The noun is pronounced (diːkriːs ).
- A decrease in sales; a decrease in intensity.
- The decrease in sales was almost 20 percent.