dismal
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CHICAGO—At the conclusion of yet another dismal season for the Chicago White Sox last fall, the number 70.9 haunted Chris Getz’s nightmares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Sasaki went into the All-Star break with a dismal 5.33 ERA, raising questions about whether the Dodgers should even keep him in the rotation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Back in 2022, when the company was spending heavily on the so-called metaverse, it reported dismal third-quarter results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Hearts' Scottish Premiership duties start on Saturday evening with a tricky trip to Aberdeen, where they have a dismal record, losing 10 of their past 11 league visits.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
People more advantageously placed than we in Harlem were, and are, will no doubt find the psychology and the view of human nature sketched above dismal and shocking in the extreme.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing dismal
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