dismals
Example Sentences
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“Idyllic,” some folks would have thought it: I used to get the fair dismals watching it.
From The Observations of Henry by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
"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 R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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 Talbot Baines Reed
But, dod, I’ve got the dismals, And no mistake!
From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
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 May Agnes Fleming