1.   At home, people want to dim lights or to switch them on and off during long holidays.

2.   Inside, the lobby lights had been dimmed like the interior of an airplane on a night flight.

3.   My only wish is that the bright lights were dimmed a bit for the dinner crowd.

4.   Tammuz had dimmed the lights, put his feet up, and asked the computer to tune in the wall-screen.

5.   Now and then lightning flickered through the gloom, the lights dimmed, and thunder rattled every loose panel and plank in the building.

6.   And home automation technology can dim lights, flash warnings of a fire and operate other home appliances.

7.   And such prominent architectural icons as the ornate Wrigley Building and the gothic Tribune Tower have dimmed their lights, too.

8.   As pop star Moby played, the lights were dimmed and phosphorescent paint was splashed on the ice and the light reflected off eerie stick men and floating birds.

9.   Back on the road to Auckland, he dims the lights and switches on a television set mounted in the front of the cabin.

10.   A bath butler dims the lights and sets up votive candles around the tub, along with chilled champagne and chocolate truffles.