dimly

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Sit in a dimly lit restaurant with someone over 60, and you will likely hear them say, "Hold on -- let me pull out my cell phone. I need more light to read the menu!"

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

At the dimly lit town market, a few hundred metres from the jetty, the stalls are still well stocked with fish, shrimp and blue crabs.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Edgar Calel’s dimly lighted installation, in which stones and plant matter dangle over vessels that hold flickering, electronic flames, transports us to a contemplative gnostic ritual.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Soon, Kolts found herself in a dimly lit loft in Chinatown, reading a novel and debating it among new friends during the eight-hour event.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

In the dimly flickering light, they saw rows of shelves, with coffins neatly placed on them, and the wood of the coffins was perfectly dry, as he found when he touched one.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman