In contrast were the side streets, where lights dwindled as one left the brilliance of the avenues.
The lights of the Samarkand had dwindled and vanished well over an hour since.
The light at the opening dwindled as they descended.
Just before first light the downpour dwindled, the last drizzle fading as dawn came.
So we made our way up the mountain, a steep path and narrow, while the lights of the Palace dwindled below us.
Then those lights were dwindling to the north.
The faint light from the surface dwindled, as we had expected.
The lights dwindled and merged into a tiny circle in the darkness of the crater.
The fishing craft moved past, and their lights dwindled away among the inner islands.
Its red light dwindled and disappeared through the rear gate.