dismals
Example Sentences
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You are getting morbid, John," said Jasper; "you always were given to look on the dismals.
From How It All Came Round by Meade, L. T.
"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)
Such pretty employment in new dismals, when she had hardly worn round her blazing joyfuls!
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Richardson, Samuel
Then what in the name of goodness are you going into the dismals for on this morning of all mornings.
From A Life For a Love A Novel by Meade, L. T.
He concluded that she was not out of her mind, that she had simply had a fit of the dismals, and dismissed the matter.
From A Life For a Love A Novel by Meade, L. T.
