dismally
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Scotland experienced a stratospheric high of back-to-back penalty shoot-out victories to qualify for the Covid-delayed Euros, then failed dismally when they got there.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
In a dismally unwise attempt to curry favor and get a lighter sentence, he gives the authorities the name of the perpetrator—making up the tale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The Sierra Nevada mountains were replenished after seeing a dismally low snowpack to start the year, and snow even temporarily closed Yosemite National Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
It's "slick but dismally soulless", declared the Hollywood Reporter, while the New York Times called it "obvious, garish and just plain dumb".
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025
It was more like dusk than daylight, and wraiths and streamers of the fog rose dismally from puddles in the road, or clung like forlorn lovers to the anbaric cables overhead.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing dismally
Born a Crime
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