dismally
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Dismally barren and lonesome was that desolate bar between the bay and the ocean.
From Dab Kinzer A Story of a Growing Boy by Stoddard, William Osborn
Dismally barren and lonesome was that desolate bar between the "bay" and the ocean.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 by Dodge, Mary Mapes
Dismally howling he then licked his forehead; Ekkehard standing near, with a tear in his eye, saying a prayer for the welfare of his soul....
From Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
Dismally enough we followed in the wake of the others.
From Mrs. Fitz by Snaith, J. C.
Dismally true have I a thousand times felt it, in these late operations; never in any so much.
From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Carlyle, Thomas
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