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Word: dimming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...wireless light bulb in the cockpit of a passing plane. Darkness, fog, rain, sleet or snow have virtually no effect on radio waves. But distance lessens their strength. If a pilot started straying off his course, the bulb on his dashboard, a "pilot light" indeed, would grow dim. As he steered back to his proper course, the bulb would brighten cheerfully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: In Dayton | 8/15/1927 | See Source »

Midnight noises awakened William E. Chapman, U. S. Consul at Puerto Mexico, in the State of Vera Cruz. Soon Consul Chapman, no coward, was tiptoeing downstairs with a dim lamp as his only guide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Unmotivated Crime | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

Thou art revealed in dim futurity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Union of Three Muses Features Dedication of Fogg Art Museum | 6/21/1927 | See Source »

...Charmed by this street artist, I stood in front of his booth until my legs became benumbed and my eyes grew dim with the gay diversity of the strolling players' attire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Conductor Chaliapin | 6/6/1927 | See Source »

...slapsticky adaptation of James Gleason & Richard Taber's Odyssey of a dim-witted pugilist and his pessimistic trainer. A grinning, guffawing, snickering audience testified that the film version is likely to prove as successful as the stage original...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: May 30, 1927 | 5/30/1927 | See Source »

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