How to Use dim view in a Sentence

dim view

noun
  • Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists.
    — Austin Sarat, Fortune, 24 May 2026
  • Yes, that one, Lilian confirmed, and said that the psychiatrist seemed to have a dim view of her clients.
    — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Some people forget that Fitzgerald took a dim view of the extremes to which a young striver might go in the name of reinvention.
    — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Doctors and medical professionals, however, take a much more dim view of the whole thing.
    — Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Moreover, among the coalition of black women who’d backed Harris, there were many who took a dim view of the Israeli state project.
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
  • For his part, Kagan held a dim view of traditional learning as practiced in local classrooms.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Now, most Americans still hold a dim view of the economy, dragging down the president's support.
    — Fin Daniel Gómez, CBS News, 27 May 2026
  • The conception of the role, marked by a dim view of stardom’s suffocating alienation, was something Jolie clearly understood.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • Models paint dim view The preseason models do not view the Red Sox’s power potential favorably.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Prices have now risen faster than wages for several months, pressuring many Americans’ finances and causing consumers to take a decidedly dim view of the economy.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • The situation is tricky enough in the case of innovations that users voluntarily adopt—plenty of people do not let their dim view of Meta overly interfere with their enjoyment of Instagram.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
  • Every other California gubernatorial candidate is left to fight over the scraps, while voters and some political operatives have a dim view of the remaining field.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Phil Buckingham outlined the relevant laws of the game for us and while hair-pulling isn’t specifically referenced within them, referees and VAR reviews are taking a dim view of it.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • With less than a year until Chicago’s next mayoral election and amid a growing field of prospective candidates, more city residents hold a dim view of incumbent Brandon Johnson than a positive one about his often-chaotic first term at City Hall, a new poll shows.
    — Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • With less than a year until Chicago’s next mayoral election and amid a growing field of prospective candidates, more city residents hold a dim view of incumbent Brandon Johnson than a positive one about his often-chaotic first term at City Hall, a new poll shows.
    — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Trump's public approval rating on immigration fell to 43% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll in August from a high of 50% in March as Americans took an increasingly dim view of his heavy-handed tactics against migrants.
    — Ted Hesson, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Most often, those politicians engaging in this sort of demagoguery have been Democrats, whose party has traditionally taken a dim view of the industry and fossil fuels in general since the presidency of Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s.
    — David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

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