glim

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

At this point the order was given, "Douse the glim," and all lights were extinguished.

From The Mountains of Oregon by Steel, William Gladstone

"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

We got to the fifth child, and I heard something about her, when the wind reached round the wood stack at us, and snatched the last glim.

From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)