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Example sentences for: dismal

How can you use “dismal” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The dismal spin: Bush looks less confident and more desperate for votes.
"A thousand dismal thoughts"--her tone darkens--"constantly cloud my mind," and the notes acquire a ravishing mistiness that is partly unsung air.
The Monday night scene is equally dismal (unless you happen to care who's shagging whom on Melrose).
ABC is suffering from a declining revenue base, mainly because its prime-time ratings are beyond dismal.
Roqueta is in the process of gaining national status as a protected nature reserve, but today, is only the site of a rather small, dismal zoo with claims that it is the world’s only zoo on an island — however, it’s not worth disembarking to visit.