1.   Compromise diminishes moral clout.

2.   With diminished membership has come diminished clout.

3.   Without New York, Oxygen has diminished clout.

4.   A suspicious Suharto kept a tight rein on navy commanders and diminished their clout.

5.   Bush would find his clout noticeably diminished just four months into his presidency.

6.   Moscow fears being isolated on the edge of a Europe where its clout is severely diminished.