dismals

Example Sentences

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"Here," said he, "here's what'll make you think different, and send away the dismals."

From It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) by Wood, Mrs. Henry

We've all been in the dismals long enough, but a marriage will set us all right again.

From Sharing Her Crime by Fleming, May Agnes

Am I going to have an attack of the dismals? am I going to join the ranks of the snivellers?

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de

"Oh, Helen!" cried he, "how happy should I be if you would give over all your dismals, lay aside your scruples, and make me your slave for life, by undertaking this mild and modest part!"

From A Wife's Duty A Tale by Opie, Amelia Alderson

“Idyllic,” some folks would have thought it: I used to get the fair dismals watching it. 

From The Observations of Henry by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)