How to use dim in a sentence

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• This club takes a dim view of members who deal drugs.From the entry deal
• When's this film supposed to begin? Ah, there we go; the lights are dimming now.From the entry there we go
• The houselights were dimmed as the curtain went up for the start of the play.From the entry houselight
• Could you please dim the light? It’s far too bright.From the entry bright
• As the lights dimmed the audience quietened down.From the entry quieten down
• Philip takes a dim view of people calling him "Flip".From the entry take a dim view of
• The alert officer perceived a dim shape in the distance.From the entry perceived
• As the lights dimmed the general noise quieted down.From the entry quiet down
• For Father's Day, treat the whole family to its dim sum platters!2022 June 18, “Go on a Binondo food trip this Father's Day at Lucky Chinatown”, in Manila Bulletin, Manila: Manila Bulletin Publishing…. From the entry beancurd
• The room was dark and cool, lit with a dim red light.2019 August 21, Tik Root, “Inside the Race to Build the World's First Commercial Octopus Farm”, in TIME, archived from the original on 28…. From the entry imitate
• Ahead in the dim dawn rose the white cupcaked dome of the Capitol.2016 December, David Poyer, Onslaught: The War with China—The Opening Battle, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 18. From the entry cupcake
• The smoulder in his eyes dimmed, and he winced, half bending in agony.2016, K. M. Frontain, The Disposition of Ashes. From the entry smoulder
• But he was somewhere else, thinking of the woman moving through the dim house behind him.2013, John Bemrose, The Island Walkers: A Novel, page 3. From the entry somewhere else
• The phone’s light dimmed unwastefully and went out: he lit it again, ran it quickly round.2011, Alan Hollinghurst, The Stranger’s Child, London: Picador, Five, 2. From the entry unwastefully
• The dim light of a wall torch flashed upon the steel.2010, Donna Russo Morin, The Secret of the Glass, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 301. From the entry shink
• Over the dimming fire, the old man tossed him a small box, carved with similar markings.2010, Arnan Heyden, “The Powers that Be”, in Daughters of Agendale: The Legend of Eloeen, Maitland, Fla.: Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry pipeweed
• And yet, tiny sparks of hope gleam in this dim existence, like pearls in the murk.2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area…. From the entry murk
• The images of reality become more and more hazed, more and more dim.2004, Matthew McGuire, Dreams Of Hope, page 37. From the entry hazed
• I saw in astonishment that Nekbael flew along the dim hallway on monstrous bat wings.2003, W. C. Leadbeater, “Return of the Dread Mutant Killer Glaucoma”, in The Mind-warp Era: A Novel, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page…. From the entry pulse-pounding
• Together they ducked out of the cold and into its dim jukeboxed interior.2002, Sylvia Brownrigg, Pages for You: A Novel, →ISBN. From the entry jukeboxed
• Along a scrungy area of Fourteenth Street, a dim light glowed four stories above the white ground.2000, Jason Fury, His Eyes Were Dark, He Licked His Lips, page 10. From the entry scrungy
• Inside it is dim and smells like candles and the petroleous reek of cheap carpeting.1998, Eugene Stein, Rob Weisbach Books, Virgin Fiction, page 241. From the entry petroleous
• So he continues high-heartedly at the search, and the years have in no way dimmed his ardor.1995, W. K. McNeil, Appalachian Images in Folk and Popular Culture, →ISBN, page 211. From the entry high-heartedly
• In the dim glow of starlight and streetlight he saw a wrinkled face and a silvery goatee.1986, F[rancis] Paul Wilson, “Dat Tay Vao”, in The Touch (The Adversary Cycle; III), New York, N.Y.: Putnam, →ISBN; republished in Shane…. From the entry flat-footed
• On the long dim landing a wink of light gleamed like an eye in a copper fish-kettle.1975, Philip Glazebrook, The Eye of the Beholder, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, published 1976, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry fish-kettle
• The black tar with a hideous spectre and the dim grocerías tucked into the walls.1970, Paul Spike, “The Conference Man”, in Bad News, New York, N.Y.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, published 1971, →ISBN, page 90. From the entry groceria
• Towers, spires, and façades of Portland stone were white or pink against the dimming sky.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 85. From the entry façade
• “I thought you were going aft,” Keefer shouted peevishly, his form dim in the smoke.1951, Herman Wouk, chapter 38, in The Caine Mutiny, page 452. From the entry bridge gang
• The dim figure of Mitchell could be seen sitting huddled behind the stormboard.1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 54. From the entry huddle
• A world of dim, unsensing consciousness; a consciousness of darkness and of silence and of formless struggle.1950, Isaac Asimov, I, Robot. From the entry unsensing
• Her big head has coloured to a dim and dreadful madder.1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan. From the entry madder
• I didn't even try, in the dimmest way, to put it down!1918 February (date written), Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Je ne parle pas français”, in Bliss and Other…. From the entry sweep someone off their feet

Meaning of dim

1. adjective Not bright or colorful.
2. adjective Not smart or intelligent.
3. adjective Indistinct, hazy or unclear.

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Questions about dim in a sentence

How do you use dim in a sentence?

Dim is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “The lighting was too dim for me to make out his facial features.”

What is a short sentence with dim?

“His vision grew dimmer as he aged.”

What does dim mean?

Dim means not bright or colorful.