1.   But as each day went by, hopes for survivors dwindled.

2.   But that hope is gradually dwindling.

3.   Hopes dwindled Monday for finding more survivors trapped under tons of earth in a suburb here after the earthquake on Saturday set off a landslide.

4.   Police still hoped to return Pamela to her family alive, but that hope dwindled as hours passed with little sign of the girl.

5.   With the Taliban now routed from every city in Afghanistan, hope dwindles by the day.

6.   Estrada acknowledged that hope is dwindling after PAL chairman and chief stockholder Lucio Tan declined to meet with him Friday.

7.   Hesse regional police sources said they still hoped to find him alive, but made clear that this hope was dwindling.

8.   Hesse regional police sources said they still hoped to find him alive, but made clear that this hope was dwindling with time.