Crow Hunter, The Lich King
I look up from the frozen ground and see the ruins of a once great empire, now reduced to an icy wasteland with no life and no sign of my minions.
'Earth's Children' Teaser
If we couldn't force humans to stop populating so quickly then we had to make a sacrifice of reducing our own numbers...
Mirthless Sunshine: Prologue
Just as the little girl fell asleep, the world outside of the apartment was reduced to the nothingness of darkness.
Moonlit Night
He let out a hair-raising howl as the heat erupted forth, reducing his skin to ash, leaving in his place a large gray wolf. it panted from exertion and shook itself off, dislodging leftover ash.
the garden
Amelia walked through what had been gorgeously cultivated flowerbeds and topiaries, now reduced to piles of weeds. she ran her hand over what used to be a bench, perhaps for lovers to sit on while enjoying the beauty of the garden.
A Light in a Sea of Dark
God, fear in his voice, the once divine, commanding decrees reduced to a stammer, said "what?" god's radiance lit tony's leering, grinning face as his head came into view. "i've been getting hungry." a light faded.
You and Them
You want to seek pleasure, you want to reduce pain, and you want it to be easy and simple. they grin, canines cracking through molars. "i want that too." they say. they morph, claws piercing through nails. they grow, and you look up at them.
Steel Wheels, Iron Horses Ch. 2
Did it reduce the pain?" "well, i guess it helped some, but after 10 or 15 of them on the same cheek it won't matter much. maybe we better forget the whole idea."
Her Most Precious Treasure
Until the monkey suddenly grabbed its throat, coughed and gagged as its body rapidly swells up and then shrinks down, reducing it to a mere skinned skeleton as it falls dead on the ground.
To protect life - Chapter 1, A GHOSTLY BOY
I almost fall from my place when the ambulance reduces drastically the speed. the otter helps me to stay in my place, from where i am i can't see what the driver or the otter can...
3. Behold, the Magnificent City of Koris
In all likelihood, you won't be able to use it much for at least the next few weeks, but we'll know more once the swelling reduces.
Dead Trees
From her perspective, this put them in a similar situation to animals that had been reduced to near-extinction because of over-hunting.