Sentence examples similar to are dimmed before from inspiring English sources
Sticking to Millrose tradition, the lights in the arena were dimmed before the race for a performance of the national anthem.
We'd pretend like we knew when the lights were dimming before the other one did, like we could make the curtain open with our will.
8.52pm: Just time for a swift adapted screenplay award (it goes to Up in the Air) before the lights are dimmed and the obits start rolling.
Other domains of MCP are dimmed.
Skeptics point out, with some justification, that the nuclear industry's prospects were dimmed by escalating costs long before Fukushima.
The buzz of four straight victories and a three-game sweep of the Yankees was dimmed by a defeat before a capacity crowd of 41,571.
Lights at theaters throughout London's entertainment district will be dimmed for one minute before performances begin Monday night as a tribute to Lynne, the Associated Press reported.
After hours of conversation, as the lights were being dimmed in the slim corridor before bedtime, Lin gave us hand-drawn sketches of Chinese flowers and asked for my e-mail address.
Julie Morgan, one of the adult fans who was originally wait-listed for the event, said before the lights were dimmed for the viewing that even though the show is filmed "in my backyard," she was very excited to see it an hour early.
Before long the fantasy was dimmed by shrinking economic expectations and the resentment that they provoked.
