dimness

Example Sentences

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Ms. Haynes brings back the poetry of time, reintroducing terms such as “gloaming” and “dimpse,” which mean the dimness of twilight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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

The summer wore on, and I found respite in the coolness of the river and the dimness of Granddaddy’s laboratory.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly