dimness

Example Sentences

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Mr. Broderick, himself a sometime movie star, brings a slyly funny air of noblesse oblige that dovetails amusingly with Jay’s pompous, blinkered dimness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Fifteen dancers sit in dimness, supervised by some kind of overseer.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

Although the evolution and spectra of the event resembled a binary star merger, its dimness pointed to a star-planet merger instead.

From Science Magazine • May 3, 2023

Scrutiny of Tuesday’s skies, in their unrelieved dimness, showed few of the bright delights of the season.

From Washington Post • May 2, 2023

Overhead, fluorescent lights attempt to dispel the season’s dimness.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides