dismals
Example Sentences
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And when there comes a passenger among us, One who has heard what's stirring out beyond, 'Tis a grutchy mumchance fellow in the dismals!
From Georgian Poetry 1913-15 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir
Gracious Heavens!" were the first words to be distinguished; "what a frightful old place; enough to make one die of the dismals!
From Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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)
I was simply trying to joke away the dismals!
From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.
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.
