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Recent Examples of dimly
Ben smashes chests and heads in, tears jaws out, rips faces off, and director Johannes Roberts makes sure to include brief close-ups of the carnage, lit just dimly enough to avoid truly grossing us out.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
The curtains were drawn so that it was dimly lit even during the daytime, and a medicinal smell filled the room.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
On the same phone, the police recovered a nearly three-minute video, very dimly lit, of a small figure working at the trunk of a large tree, a chainsaw droning in the background, leaning his whole weight into the job until the crackling collapse began.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
But now there were nine or ten others, their faces dimly lit by the streetlamps.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 21 Dec. 2025
Most of the space is dimly lit, with spotlights that accentuate Thomas’s signature strass ornamentation—liberally applied not only to the outlines of her Black female figures, but also to their ruby-red lips, lustrous hair, the lines between their toes, and the surrounding decorative patterns.
—Amy Verner, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2025
Choose among leather banquettes nestled into corners dimly lit by wall sconces, floor seating steps away from live jazz performers or high tables along glass cases filled with sketches of the celebrities who have graced the Chop House with their presence over the years.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2025
New Zealand doesn't have a passionate culture of gun ownership and the weapons have been viewed more dimly since the mass shooting.
—Charlottegraham-McLay The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 26 Nov. 2025
Designed by interior designer Daniel Caudill, former creative director of Shinola, Saksey’s is sleek and moody, dimly lit with a brass bar and rich, mahogany tables.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
The curtains were drawn so that it was dimly lit even during the daytime, and a medicinal smell filled the room.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
On the same phone, the police recovered a nearly three-minute video, very dimly lit, of a small figure working at the trunk of a large tree, a chainsaw droning in the background, leaning his whole weight into the job until the crackling collapse began.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
But now there were nine or ten others, their faces dimly lit by the streetlamps.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 21 Dec. 2025
Most of the space is dimly lit, with spotlights that accentuate Thomas’s signature strass ornamentation—liberally applied not only to the outlines of her Black female figures, but also to their ruby-red lips, lustrous hair, the lines between their toes, and the surrounding decorative patterns.
—Amy Verner, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2025
Choose among leather banquettes nestled into corners dimly lit by wall sconces, floor seating steps away from live jazz performers or high tables along glass cases filled with sketches of the celebrities who have graced the Chop House with their presence over the years.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2025
New Zealand doesn't have a passionate culture of gun ownership and the weapons have been viewed more dimly since the mass shooting.
—Charlottegraham-McLay The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 26 Nov. 2025
Designed by interior designer Daniel Caudill, former creative director of Shinola, Saksey’s is sleek and moody, dimly lit with a brass bar and rich, mahogany tables.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dimly
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Picked up out of Cannes in 2024, the darkly comic thriller enjoyed a high-profile fall festival run and an awards campaign that landed it on the four-film shortlist for France’s submission for the international feature film Oscar.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2026
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He is known for darkly humorous and unsettling work addressing themes of trauma, social friction, and freedom.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
14 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The result is a work that is at once boundless in scope and dully inert.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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In October, family, friends and community members somberly walked out of the courthouse, disappointed to learn the resentencing hearing for Rhoades would be delayed.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
20 Dec. 2025
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Stafford heard the transmission clearly and nodded silently and somberly.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Dimly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimly. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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