dim - use in sentences

Object

  • light: And don't dim the lights to show your slides at the expense of students no longer being able to see you.
  • memory: Time heals when it dims memories of troubles and losses to allow us to get on with our lives.
  • screen: It is normal to dim the screen to save power in battery mode.

Modifies a noun

  • ond: Mae hynny o gymharu â dim ond 2.6 y cant yn Lloegr.
  • glow: Lamps can be adjusted from a dim glow to bright light!
  • sum: All I need now is to try some of their dim sum.
  • lighting: Some dim lighting is provided in the largest of these dark spots preventing total blackout.

Modifying Another Word

  • slightly: Based on a manga, the film's hero is a slightly dim young man who under hypnosis becomes a killing machine.
  • rather: Whenever I spoke with her she seemed rather dim to be honest.
  • automatically: An employe will that home owner insurance rate automatically dim many of the.
  • too: The lights are not too bright or too dim, they are comfortable for the eyes.
  • pretty: Needless to say, the authors take a pretty dim view of feminism.

Used with why or when

  • when: This makes sense as some of the dash lights do go dim when the ignition is on although interior lights etc are okay.

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