How to Use dim in a Sentence

dim

1 of 3 adjective

• Just the dim outline of the building could be seen through the fog.
• I have a dim memory of your last visit.
• My work ethic is that of the dim bees.
  — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
• Prospects for any action are dim.
  — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
• As far as bright sides go, that’s a pretty dim one.
  — Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• At the heart of this system is a small, dim star called a red dwarf.
  — Kaitlin Rasmussen, Scientific American, 14 Sep. 2023
• In the far corner of the Halle, there’s a dim glow.
  — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
• The room is dim but never quiet.
  — Liz Koch, STAT, 6 Apr. 2026
• On a floor above one of the lobbies, the lights overhead were dim.
  — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
• The bruise by his left temple is visible in the dim light.
  — Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
• The flash was too dim to have come from a merger with another star.
  — Quanta Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
• Standing in a dim shower is not just blocking light.
  — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
• The lights are dim and jazzy music swirls the intimate crowd.
  — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
• India hopes to avert a repeat of that, but prospects appear dim.
  — Matthew Lee, ajc, 2 Mar. 2023
• What explains this dim outlook?
  — Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
• After a long winter, kitchens often feel dim and tired.
  — Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
• For the first time in years, the future of their offensive line may not be so dim.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
• Bright and blue-enriched in the morning, steady during the day, warm and dim at night.
  — Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
• Bright and blue-enriched in the morning, steady during the day, warm and dim at night.
  — Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2026
• Look for a dim star to the upper left of the crosspiece and two dim stars to the upper right.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
• Inside, the rooms were intimate, jammed, dim, and hushed.
  — Nicole Krauss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
• Wooden with dim candlelight, right on the edge of the beach, and stairs up to a bench for two.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
• Riders used to sit together on a bench-like seat in a dim chamber.
  — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025
• If there’s dim to moderate light, the unlit display can be a bit hard to see.
  — PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
• The dim lighting of a fireplace, or a few lamps, round out the soft aesthetic.
  — Kylie Petty, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2025
• This helps explain how worms avoid mistaking the dim light of dawn and dusk for moonlight.
  — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
• The upholstery is a dusky velour with a warm brownness that appears pure black in dim light.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 18 Apr. 2023
• The prospects for a popular revolt in Iran seem dim, at least in the short term.
  — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2026
• This easy houseplant seems to light up even the dimmest corner with its patterned foliage.
  — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2023
• The human brain uses just 20 watts—less than a dim lightbulb.
  — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2026

dim

2 of 3 verb

• Hopes of an early settlement have dimmed.
• The latest setback has dimmed hopes of an early settlement.
• Still, even Greenspan’s star dimmed.
  — Barbara Hagenbaugh, USA Today, 22 June 2026
• Jim snuck in and took an aisle seat as the lights dimmed.
  — Jon Landau, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
• It can get dimmed by actions like this.
  — Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 19 June 2026
• Her light will never be dimmed.
  — Corin Cesaric, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
• By winter, that flame had dimmed.
  — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
• Moon angles her chin and the light dims in her eyes.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
• Lights dimmed, phone down, maybe some deep breathing.
  — Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
• But for some, these hopes have dimmed in recent days.
  — Nbc News, NBC news, 8 Jan. 2026
• Have fun and don’t let your other friends dim your shine.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
• Of course as a smart bulb, it can be dimmed for mood lighting.
  — Brad Moon, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Look for alarm clocks that have displays that dim or shut off overnight.
  — Emily P.g. Erickson, Health, 11 Dec. 2023
• His winning streak has barely dimmed in the decade since.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• As the fire dims to embers, a thousand eyes open above me.
  — Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
• Theater lights should be dimmed in his honor.
  — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
• The spotlight that comes from within is too strong to be dimmed.
  — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
• The power of that moment didn’t end when the lights dimmed.
  — Tabitha Britt, Flow Space, 30 Oct. 2025
• After dinner, the lights dimmed and a screen blinked on.
  — Nick Stern, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
• When this happens, the star appears to dim.
  — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 8 May 2026
• Spotlights in the room dim and brighten out of sync with the song.
  — Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• There’s no jealousy masked as jokes or trying to dim your light.
  — Essence, 28 Jan. 2026
• What if fixing them in language changes them, dims their light?
  — Phoebe Chen, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
• That pushback did not dim Wiener’s high hopes for the new law.
  — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
• Both groups dimmed the lights three hours before bedtime.
  — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
• Please dim the lights to sixty percent.
  — Jeannie Vanasco september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
• Though their bright lights have dimmed, they won’t be forgotten.
  — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 11 Dec. 2025
• Even when the houselights dim mid-overture some of them still don’t shut up.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
• That has sent oil prices soaring and dimmed the outlook for stocks across the globe.
  — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
• Turn on your playlist, dim the lights, light a candle, roll the shoulders back.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 21 Aug. 2025

dim

3 of 3 noun

• But then the lights dim—and your plate comes to life.
  — Dashae Engler, Midwest Living, 8 Apr. 2026
• As usual, most of the curtains were drawn, and the house dim.
  — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2022
• The house lights dim, an engine roars, and stars flame and flicker out.
  — New York Times, 11 Jan. 2018
• If pushed beyond it, the chances of a full recovery dim.
  — Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Dec. 2025
• Dusty lights emit a dim, shadowy glow instead of a bright, inviting one.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
• Tired of squinting at your dim, blurry TV?
  — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 22 June 2026
• Tired of squinting at your dim, blurry TV?
  — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 22 June 2026
• My test footage looked remarkably stable, though a little dim.
  — Iyaz Akhtar, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
• The lights dim, music rises, and the room bursts into vibrant motion.
  — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
• Musiek also recommends keeping evening light dim.
  — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 25 June 2026
• After the cabin lights dim, sleep comes in fragments, and a travel pillow does little to ease a stiff neck.
  — ABC News, 6 July 2026
• After the cabin lights dim, sleep comes in fragments, and a travel pillow does little to ease a stiff neck.
  — Rio Yamat, Fortune, 7 July 2026
• The dim, dashing setting for a breakout hit in Montecito Heights?
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
• Each bed has a dim, bedside lamp for individual lighting.
  — Emily Manthei, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
• The classic vibes continue into the dim, luxurious bar room, where deals are made and rare bourbon is drank.
  — Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2025
• Cepheids, or stars that periodically brighten and dim, have long been the gold standard of cosmic mile markers.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 20 May 2022
• The moon gradually glides into Earth's shadow, until most of the lunar disk turns from silvery gray to an eerie dim orange or red.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2021
• The moon gradually glides into Earth's shadow, until most of the lunar disk turns from silvery grey to an eerie dim orange or red.
  — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Nov. 2021
• Like the movie’s plot, the kitchen on display — off-white bead board cabinets, Mediterranean tiles — feels dim, dated and, well, sort of suburban.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2017
• The moon gradually glides into the Earth's shadow, until most of the lunar disk turns from silvery gray to an eerie dim orange or red.
  — Brooks Sutherland, The Enquirer, 18 Nov. 2021
• Our next stop, Golden Paramount, was a different kind of dim-sum experience.
  — Taras Grescoe, New York Times, 4 June 2018
• Irregular galaxies, full of nothing but dim, red stars, are the leftovers of these great cosmic collisions.
  — Paul Sutter Astrophysicist, Fox News, 1 June 2017
• Stocks in Europe and Asia fell broadly as the global prospects for economic growth dim amid trade uncertainty.
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2019
• The listing only features photos of the building’s brick exterior, but other, pricier units in the co-op look just fine, if not a little dim.
  — Willy Blackmore, Curbed, 11 May 2021
• Like the planet Tatooine from Star Wars, two suns — one bright, one dim and red— rise over the horizon of Kepler 47d.
  — Korey Haynes, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2019
• Replicate this nationally, and the Democrats’ prospects for 2024 and after looking dim.
  — Max B. Sawicky, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2021
• This silent humidifier also features a dim, ambient light and can be used as an essential oil diffuser.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 1 Jan. 2026
• Turns out the fading natural light illuminated some striking details about the food that might otherwise be hidden in the dim of the dining room.
  — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 22 June 2017
• And maybe those fans can help change the small percentage and the small minds of the obtuse, the dim, the dense, and maybe those in positions of power who should, will, in fact, listen to what the man has to say.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 July 2021
• The Inheritors popularized an encounter between humans and these gentle-but-dim cousins of ours.
  — Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2021