bedim
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The darkening cinematic mood that has engulfed even 007 won't be allowed to bedim the Dolby Theatre.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 21, 2013
Ash and dust bedim the sky, blocking the sun's light.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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What though a few clouds bedim and deform "the innocent brightness of the new-born day?"
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
From all his wild companions flown; Tears, strange till then, his eyes bedim; He wanders all alone.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 by Various
And now the mists of passion had ceased to bedim his mental vision, his eyes were opened, that he saw and repented most sincerely the past guilt.
From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 by Herbert, Henry William
She even transmitted a soupçon of the old glow to the bedimmed office of the presidency in the television series “24.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2010
What is so sad as a Kim bedimmed?
From Time Magazine Archive
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The man behind the dead horse lifted himself and strained his bedimmed eyes, seeing the youthful rider shoot past in pursuit of the savages.
From Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends by Standish, Burt L.
‘Can mortal sight, so oft bedimmed with tears, ‘Such glory bear?—for lo, the shadows fly ‘From Nature’s face; Confusion disappears, ‘And order charms the eyes, and harmony the ears.
From The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems by Beattie, James
I am emerging, but it is slow, and I feel much ravaged and bedimmed.
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry
But he thought also of the beauty of Maria, of the sweetness of her smile, and of the tears of voiceless gratitude which he had seen bedimming the lustre of her bright eyes.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII by Wilson, John Mackay
The daylight from the street then entered in a lurid stream, bedimming the glare of lamps and candles.
From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile
It seemed as if never so thin a gauze had been drawn over the face of the sun, just faintly bedimming, without obscuring it.
From The Cardinal's Snuff-Box by Harland, Henry
Queen Anaïtis was very beautiful, even under his bedimming shadow.
From Jurgen A Comedy of Justice by Cabell, James Branch
As cloth after cloth is removed, the light seems to grow brighter and stronger, and yet it has changed not, the change being in the removal of the confining and bedimming coverings.
From A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga by Atkinson, William Walker