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

I fain would know if, when I heave a sigh, Tears e'er bedim thy sympathetic eye?

From The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Cowherd, Thomas

While hot tears bedim the vision   Of dear friends who mourn his death, May they manifest decision   By the wondrous power of Faith, In belief that those who sleep Safe in Jesus shall not weep.

From The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Cowherd, Thomas

Often, when all was dry, the heavens cloudless, and I was parched by thirst, a slight cloud would bedim the sky, shed the few drops that revived me, and vanish.

From Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft