dimness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dimness
Noun
  • The cliffs loomed up terribly out of the blackness.
    Nicole Krauss, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
  • Four months’ worth of rain fell in just hours as water-laden thunderstorms stalled in place, giving rise to a wall of water that surged down the river in the blackness of night, limiting the number of people who could get the warnings and move to higher ground.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • But there shouldn’t be too much doom and gloom around Madrid.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • That’s even lower than the early pandemic period that was filled with layoffs, uncertainty, and general doom and gloom.
    Rebecca Fraser-Thill, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Both try to exercise in semidarkness.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2020
  • She [Daria] looks at me and smiles in the semidarkness, a calm, shy smile, full of love.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2021
Noun
  • Without these, even the most advanced models may languish in obscurity.
    Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • Hometown beauty queen Barbara Parker is plucked from obscurity and rebranded as Sophie Straw, the star of the BBC’s latest hit comedy.
    Mia Barzilay Freund, Vogue, 7 July 2025
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“Dimness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimness. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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