Example Sentences

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Museum visitors Jean and Phil Orozco marveled over the pieces of history inside the dimly lit exhibition room.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Sit in a dimly lit restaurant with someone over 60, and you will likely hear them say, "Hold on -- let me pull out my cell phone. I need more light to read the menu!"

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

So we spent 45 minutes in a dimly lit room riding stationary bikes at intense speeds while an instructor shouted affirmations from the front of the room.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

At the dimly lit town market, a few hundred metres from the jetty, the stalls are still well stocked with fish, shrimp and blue crabs.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

The enormous room beyond was lit dimly through narrow windows in its stone ceiling.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack