dimly aware

Frequency: 5.12.2 per million words

To be aware of something in a slight or unclear way.

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Examples (20)

  • As he slowly woke, he was only dimly aware of the sunlight filtering through the blinds.
  • She was only dimly aware of the alarm clock ringing.
  • She was dimly aware of a change in the room's atmosphere but couldn't pinpoint it.
  • In the bustling market, I was dimly aware of someone calling my name.
  • Lost in his work, he became dimly aware of a conversation in the next office.
  • He had been dimly aware for months that their relationship was failing.
  • I am only dimly aware of the events from my early childhood.
  • The patient was dimly aware of a dull ache in his side.
  • The speaker was dimly aware that the audience was losing interest.
  • Ancient philosophers were perhaps dimly aware of the concepts we now call physics.
  • Even after the medication, she remained dimly aware of a dull ache.
  • As a child, I was only dimly aware of the political tensions shaping our country.
  • The hiker was dimly aware of being watched long before he saw the wolf.
  • Walking through the dark alley, she became dimly aware that she was being followed.
  • He was only dimly aware of the passage of time as he read the captivating book.
  • We are all dimly aware of our own mortality, but rarely confront it directly.
  • Falling asleep, she was dimly aware of the television still murmuring in the background.
  • Focused on the screen, he was only dimly aware of the passage of time.
  • He seemed only dimly aware of the danger he was putting himself in.
  • Even then, I was dimly aware that a great opportunity had been missed.