dismals
Example Sentences
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Well," said Murray, "I've got this promotion, and I'm not going to worry about dismals.
From A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle by Wood, Stanley L.
The worst miss of all to me is, that, when we are in the dismals, there is now no hope of relief from any quarter whatsoever.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
Am I going to have an attack of the dismals? am I going to join the ranks of the snivellers?
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de
"Don't try to put us in the dismals," said Jamie Dove, knocking the ashes out of his pipe, and refilling that solace of his leisure hours.
From The Lighthouse by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
But at the end of book, volume, and part we leave Cyrus once more in the dismals.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George
