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
No men have done more to bedim the reputation of Washington, than Jefferson and Randolph.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
A rush of blood suffices at times to bedim a conscience.
From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
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
Nor did these solemn eyes, bedimmed into a pathetic beauty, in any degree restrain the glee that sparkled in orbs that had as yet shed not many tears, but tears of joy or pity.
From Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse by Schauffler, Robert Haven
Down through the perfumed silences he hears Their eyelids fluttering: long fingers thrill, Probing a lassitude bedimmed with tears, While the nails crunch at every louse they kill.
From The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems by Huxley, Aldous
Aunt Catherine's bedimmed eyesight and impaired hearing had prevented her from discovering before this that her nurse was none other than Morlene.
From Unfettered A Novel by Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert)
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
What business have we to prophesy bedimming tears to those resplendent eyes? or that the talisman of that witching smile can ever lose its magic?
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John
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
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
Keen rushed the light In quivering splendor from the writhen flash; Strong though they were, intolerable smote Their orbs of sight, and with bedimming glare Scorched up their blasted vision.
From Mosaics of Grecian History by Willson, Marcius
