bedim
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The darkening cinematic mood that has engulfed even 007 won't be allowed to bedim the Dolby Theatre.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 21, 2013
Ash and dust bedim the sky, blocking the sun's light.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
No men have done more to bedim the reputation of Washington, than Jefferson and Randolph.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
I believe; but gloomy fears Sometimes bedim my sight; I look to Thee with prayers and tears, And cry for strength and light.
From Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion by Various
Nor shall he weep aright when tears bedim His desperate, doleful eyes that know not faith; And he shall hear no chants of cherubim.
From A Lover's Litanies by Eric Mackay
She even transmitted a soupçon of the old glow to the bedimmed office of the presidency in the television series “24.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2010
What is so sad as a Kim bedimmed?
From Time Magazine Archive
‘Can mortal sight, so oft bedimmed with tears, ‘Such glory bear?—for lo, the shadows fly ‘From Nature’s face; Confusion disappears, ‘And order charms the eyes, and harmony the ears.
From The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems by James Beattie
Strength for to-day—that the weary hearts In the battle for right may quail not, And the eyes bedimmed with bitter tears In their search for light may fail not.
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by James Mudge
I am emerging, but it is slow, and I feel much ravaged and bedimmed.
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by Henry James
It seemed as if never so thin a gauze had been drawn over the face of the sun, just faintly bedimming, without obscuring it.
From The Cardinal's Snuff-Box by Henry Harland
Percival was suddenly conscious of a mist bedimming his eyes.
From West Wind Drift by George Barr McCutcheon
Mrs. Fairfax placed her hands upon their heads, tears bedimming her own eyes, and blessed them, and then kissed her daughter as she was about to leave the room.
From The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion by William A. (Alexander) Caruthers
Keen rushed the light In quivering splendor from the writhen flash; Strong though they were, intolerable smote Their orbs of sight, and with bedimming glare Scorched up their blasted vision.
From Mosaics of Grecian History by Marcius Willson
But he thought also of the beauty of Maria, of the sweetness of her smile, and of the tears of voiceless gratitude which he had seen bedimming the lustre of her bright eyes.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII by John Mackay Wilson
