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• After a dismal few months my life at long last changed for the better.From the entry a few
• National reports on the condition of public education are dismal.From the entry condition
• The picture in parts of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is similarly dismal.2026 June, “Fly-tipping is destroying our countryside – here’s how to stop this disgraceful trend”, in BBC Countryfile Magazine. From the entry fly-tipper
• It was another chapter in a dismal saga of Nimbyist urban mismanagement that is crushing American cities.2019 May 22, Farhad Manjoo, “America’s Cities Are Unlivable. Blame Wealthy Liberals.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the…. From the entry nakedly
• Some highlights of the lowlights: "A dismal mess," says the New York Times.2018 June 16, Peter Kafka, “MoviePass Invested in ‘Gotti,’ the New John Travolta Mob Movie Everyone Hates”, in Vox, archived from the…. From the entry tl;dr
• Dismal Jemmy's con artistry estranges the cautionary temperance tale in two crucial ways.2018, Amanda Claybaugh, The Novel of Purpose, page 63. From the entry con artistry
• And even when the headsheet gives an afterthought to these things, the results can be dismal.1974, Laura Longley Babb, Of the Press, by the Press, for the Press (and Others, Too):, →ISBN, page 66. From the entry headsheet
• Despite its dismal performance at the box office, Jennifer’s Body has become a cult favourite – particularly amongst queer women.2024 October 9, Sam Damshenas, “21 LGBTQ+ horror films to watch this Halloween”, in Gay Times. From the entry slay
• In hard-hit Houma, the dismal reality of life without air conditioning, refrigeration or other more basic needs began to sink in.2021 September 1, “Hundreds of thousands in Louisiana face prolonged power, water outages after Hurricane Ida”, in France 24, archived…. From the entry Houma
• The trouble is, the choice is a dismal one.2015, December 15, Matthew Lynn, "Whoever wins the US presidency, the economy is going to be the loser", The Daily Telegraph. From the entry Trumponomics
• Was this the dismal future of journalism?2012, Michael Byrnes, Harvest of Greed, page 4. From the entry squisher
• The bad dream room was dark and dismal, and in this room she saw a dark foreboding figure.2012, Les Brann, Jacky Owens, Ann Williamson, The Handbook of Contemporary Clinical Hypnosis: Theory and Practice, Wiley-Blackwell, page 541. From the entry dream room
• The record of philosophy vis-à-vis silence is generally dismal, as good a gauge as any to its overall failure.2008 Spring/Summer, John Zerzan, “Silence”, in Green Anarchy, number 25. From the entry gauge
• 'Flisky rain,' Tom announced with dismal satisfaction.2003, Ed Wicke, Mattie and the Highwaymen, page 104. From the entry flisky
• Subsequently, the 'Coalie Libs' have suffered a consistently dismal reputation.1971, Alan John Percivale Taylor, Lloyd George: Twelve Essays, page 225. From the entry coalie
• Dismal Doras and crapehangers have had their innings.1946, The Christian Leader, volume 128, page 192. From the entry dismal Dora
• His monologue stopped abruptly with a sharp noise like a thundercrack that rolled in dreary echoes round the dismal mere.1922, G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who Knew Too Much. From the entry thundercrack
• In literature they become as charming as this dismal ball would be if we were celebrating its tercentenary.1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter XXV, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus, page 306. From the entry tercentenary
• In this dismal war-work, (though his whole soul was in that, too,) it was like putting your hands to a big blaze.2000, S. Joshi, Civil War Memories, →ISBN. From the entry war-work
• This chace or lane ran a mile and a-half down lonesome marshes, pleasant enough in the summer months, but dull and dismal in the winter.1902, Essex Review, volume 11, page 93. From the entry manorway
• He was “upstairs”, in the Colin Bell stand, to watch Liverpool’s second-half turnaround and a dismal seven days for City take another turn for the worse.2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London)…. From the entry eyeball
• Contrary to this dismal picture is the popular concept of the classroom that runs like a well-oiled machine, smoothly, flawlessly, functioning at full capacity, producing maximum output.2004, Carolyn Orange, 44 Smart Strategies for Avoiding Classroom Mistakes, page 16. From the entry well-oiled machine
• This inconsistency caused one learner to misexecute one and then the other of these two operations in a dismal cycle of negative transfer as illustrated in Table 6.1987, Ronald M. Baecker, William A. S. Buxton, Readings in Human-computer Interaction, page 290. From the entry misexecute
• This is not unsatisfactory, but the change at Ballybrophy (a dismal station at the best of times) is not one that meets with the approval of the citizens of Clonmel.1957 May, Walter McGrath, “The Thurles-Clonmel Line, C.I.E.”, in Railway Magazine, page 320. From the entry at the best of times

Meaning of dismal

1. adjective Disastrous, calamitous.
2. adjective Disappointingly inadequate.
3. adjective Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.

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How do you use dismal in a sentence?

Dismal is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “He received a dismal compensation.”

What is a short sentence with dismal?

“He received a dismal compensation.”

What does dismal mean?

Dismal means disastrous, calamitous.