dismals

Example Sentences

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Grace persuaded him to stay to luncheon, and he did, and tried to win Miss Rose out of the dismals, and got incontinently snubbed for his pains.

From Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel by Fleming, May Agnes

But, dod, I’ve got the dismals, And no mistake!

From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson

He only sat down, relieved, when Helene had signed to him that the child was in her dismals, as Rosalie was wont to say.

From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile

Auntie’s ill and in bed, Rosalind and Roger are spooning about in the grounds, Armstrong’s got the dismals, and the governor’s not to be disturbed.

From Roger Ingleton, Minor by Reed, Talbot Baines

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.