bedim

Example Sentences

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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

I fain would know if, when I heave a sigh, Tears e'er bedim thy sympathetic eye?

From The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Cowherd, Thomas

It is sometimes intensive, as in bestir, and converts an adjective into a verb, as in bedim.

From New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words by Swinton, William

No less'ning ray Will e'er bedim thy natal morn, Or usher in the unhallowed day When we forget that thou wert born!

From The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems by Doneghy, George W.