Dimmed

Examples

• A century has not dimmed Fulton’s fame, nor set aside his claim to be the practical inventor of the steamboat. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Her face looked pale and extinguished, as if dimmed by the rich red of her dress. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• As dawn approached, the setting stars and breaking day dimmed the creation of fancy; the wakened song of birds hushed her whispers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The ocean every moment assumed a more terrific aspect, while the twilight was dimmed by the rack which the west wind spread over the sky. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• His mother could not see him for awhile, through the mist that dimmed her eyes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• As he sank to the level of this opening, the light of the street, no longer dimmed by the dusty glass, fell full upon his face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• It had been a pleasant day: it would have been perfect, but for the breathing of melancholy which had dimmed its sunshine a moment. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• And there was always the other great dread--of himself becoming dimmed and forever ray-shorn in her eyes. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Her eyes (and age had dimmed but little of their brightness) were attentively upon her young companion. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• At first, there were times, though she was a perfectly happy young wife, when her work would slowly fall from her hands, and her eyes would be dimmed. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Looking up, I, with tear-dimmed eyes, saw the mighty Milky- way. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Leah stood up in the window-seat, rubbing the panes of glass dimmed with smoke. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• A puerile tear dimmed my eye while I looked--a tear of disappointment and impatience; ashamed of it, I wiped it away. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Reading them over Johnny, he thought of his own six children, but not of his poverty, and read them with dimmed eyes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Let the Summer sun to his bright home run, He shall never be sought by me; When he's dimmed by a cloud I can laugh aloud And care not how sulky he be! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She passed away noiselessly, and the moonlight kissed the wall which her shadow had dimmed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Because if you did want to,' pursued Mr Wegg, the brilliancy of whose point was dimmed by his having been unexpectedly answered: 'you wouldn't be. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I feel now like a man who has redeemed a failing reputation and shed luster upon a dimmed escutcheon, by a single just deed done at the eleventh hour. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• My eye was not dimmed by those tears nor my heart in aught weakened. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Her stately beauty was dimmed with much watching and with many tears. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.

Editor: Luke