1.   A friend of the Kennedy family said hope had dimmed by Saturday evening, and talk of survivors had been replaced by discussions of memorial services.

2.   After a few days hopes had dimmed of finding any survivors.

3.   But as days have passed, hope has dimmed.

4.   But as days passed, hope dimmed.

5.   But as the rescue effort continued, hopes for survivors dimmed.

6.   But hopes have not dimmed in the Bradley camp.

7.   But those hopes are dimming.

8.   But they admitted that their hopes are dimming as time passes.

9.   Even as their hopes dimmed, the Lyalls sought to salvage something positive from their ordeal.

10.   Hopes for rescues dimmed to almost nothing.