glim

Example Sentences

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Summoned by a flood of protests, Vatican City firemen broke open the door, doused the gleaming glim.

From Time Magazine Archive

The latest of these, a novel by Walter Macken called Rain on the Wind, never quite bursts into flame; the book carries so much sentimental moisture that it douses its own glim.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I'd 'a' had th' drop on 'em in another second if they hadn't doused that glim!"

From The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X by Gooch, Thelma

“Now, what in thunder does that mean I want to know–why should they douse the glim in such a hurry–wonder if they could have caught any sound from us to give ’em a scare?

From Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes by Newcomb, Ambrose

All along the brilliant façade of barracks there is sudden and simultaneous "dousing of the glim" and a rush of the cadets to their narrow nests.

From Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier by King, Charles