in the dumps
Example Sentences
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One very exciting year later, all of that is back in the dumps.
From Slate • Jan. 24, 2026
"There are months where I will be down in the dumps, and I'll post just the bare minimum. I can't compete with robots."
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025
“I was feeling so in the dumps that I’d be choking on a line that I didn’t even want to say because if I say it, I’ll start crying,” he recalls.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2025
Before this, their stocks were in the dumps because of a slowdown in oil drilling.
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
I’ve often been down in the dumps, but never desperate.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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