Sentences with phrase «dim by»

I love, love, love lights that flank the mirror, but have wondered if they would be too dim by themselves.

Cranking up the brightness doesn't really help, because the display's max brightness setting is already rather dim by default.

Ultimately, my experience years back with this film is made all the more dim by the passing of time.

Indolplex with DIM by Integrative Therapeutics is a phytochemical naturally derived from cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli.

But no known cycle makes a star brighten and dim by quite so much, so the star would still be odd.

Yet, bizarrely, the galactic titan is rendered profoundly dim by its wispy spiral arms, spaced 10 times farther apart than in conventional spiral galaxies.

The light of the Scriptures is only dimmed by prejudice and darkened by superstition.

Calvin compared sinners to an old man whose eyesight has been dimmed by age.

Shall I invent a summer sun that shines Less brightly since its very light is dimmed By yours and in embarrassment declines, Defeated though your beauty's candle's trimmed?

It has a great roasted chili flavor that is not dimmed by onions and garlic.

Murray Goulburn's takeover ambitions may not be dimmed by its defeat in the battle for Warrnambool.

The Southern Tier's outlook already had been dimmed by the Cuomo administration's December 2014 decision to block shale gas production using hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale region.

That prospect grows dimmer by the week.

Their exemplary records of service and responsible government are not dimmed by the outcomes.»

Optimism for an unseen Neptune - like planet in our solar system may be dimmed by the discovery of a new batch of distant worlds.

5 December 2008 Postdocs» prospects are dimmed by the new Administration's many competing priorities and a lack of understanding at the highest levels of the scientific work - force glut.

ETA CARINAE The most luminous star in our galaxy is dimmed by obscuring matter and by its great distance — 7,000 light - years away.

Postdocs» prospects are dimmed by the new Administration's many competing priorities and a lack of understanding at the highest levels of the scientific work - force glut

Sometimes the star's light dimmed by about 1 percent (characteristic of the largest transiting exoplanets), but other times it plummeted by up to 20 percent [see graphic below].

The star dimmed by up to 22 per cent before it returned to normal.

But the measured brightness of those «standard candles» can be dimmed by stuff in between.

Louisiana State University's Brad Schaefer went through old photographic plates of that area of the sky and deduced that the star has dimmed by 20 % over the last century.

The brightness of such a star remains constant until the star suddenly dims by several magnitudes and then slowly recovers...

The reason the WTF star is famous is the hypothesis put forward to explain the dimming by Penn State astronomer Jason Wright: That what's orbiting the star could be a «swarm of megastructures,» alien - built energy collectors, much like terrestrial solar panels.

Based on observations conducted using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope between 2009 and 2013, a team led by Boyajian witnessed two unusual incidents, one each in 2011 and 2013, when the star's light dimmed in dramatic, never - before - seen ways — in one case, dimming by up to 20 percent.

The planet mysteriously dimmed by half a stellar magnitude between the 2004 and 2006 observations.

On the average, stars near the Sun are dimmed by a factor of two for every 3,000 light - years.

This system was so sensitive that objects brighter than 21st magnitude had to be dimmed by the camera's filter systems to avoid saturating the detectors.

In March of 2011, the star dimmed by 22 % of its original brightness, suggesting something big was passing in front of it.

You were all children once, but as you grow older, this part of you can be dimmed by circumstance, lack of awareness, and a truckload of stress.

My relationships and partnerships didn't give me the opportunity to shine, for my light was always dimmed by my fear of speaking up for myself.

She's been passed up for a promotion, her prospects dimmed by a suicide attempt.

Unfortunately, even the hoped for positive change that comes from Tom's illuminating heart - to - heart chat with his six - times divorced father, is dimmed by the constant portrayal of characters who are not made of honor.

Putting them together in The Leisure Seeker as an elderly Massachusetts couple taking its last joyride in a 1975 Winnebago — he, dimmed by intermittent dementia, she, bracing for loneliness — would seem the safest guarantee for excellence: old pros doing what they do best.

John (Sutherland), a former English teacher dimmed by dementia, wants to see Ernest Hemingway's home in Key West, while Ella (Mirren) knocks back whiskey to dull a malady of her own.

It's a film that's much better than many of us remember, in no small part because our memories of it are dimmed by its numerous sequels, wherein the character of Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) became a parody of himself, taking the gritty, kindhearted 70's tale and burdening it with an attempt to modernize the character with each clumsy entry.

Death, disease, and depression blow like a cold draft through A Quiet Passion's backstretch; even those who didn't glaze over during the gorgeous, static suffering of Sunset Song may wish this new film's spritely barrage of bon mots — and Nixon's radiant delight, dimmed by one too many losses — didn't give way to strokes and seizures and private anguish.

Roland Fryer, a recent addition to the Ed School faculty, says he's not deterred by the challenge he's set for himself: erasing the achievement gap for all those students whose prospects are dimmed by it.

The new engine's quality is dimmed by the overly busy gearbox, and the electronic trickery may be too much for some, but you buy an Evoque as a forward - thinking statement, not for fine off - road response.

Rubina's excitement over an invitation to a birthday party is dimmed by her mother's insistence that she take her younger sister with her.

The azure waters, sugary - sand beaches, and proximity to Mayan ruins are still compelling draws, but Cancun's once - dazzling appeal has been somewhat dimmed by overdevelopment and the relentless churn of millions of annual visitors.

Fortunately when the lights are lowered it is dimmed by the crew.

If you refer to the global dimming by aerosols, I don't think it was entirely «unrecognized» beforehand.

Anybody can see naked - eye spots at sunset when the sun is dimmed by smoke»

The dimming by sulfates, nitrates, and carbonaceous (black and organic carbon) species has been shown to disrupt and weaken the monsoon circulation over southern Asia.

For example, the Sun's brightness is dimmed by 6 percent and the continents are arranged into a single supercontinent near equator.

Whether you live in an apartment, condo or multi-family home, the prospect of installing a solar panel array, however attractive, is for the most part dimmed by the temporality of your residence.

Can all smart bulbs be dimmed by Echo?

From there, we started compiling a list of available dimmers by searching Google, the Z - Wave Alliance website, and Amazon.

Ledvance's Lightify RGBW color LED smart bulb will flash off and on if it's dimmed by a conventional or Z - Wave dimmer switch.