the dismals
Example Sentences
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I was simply trying to joke away the dismals!
From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.
He is the sort of man to give me the dismals.
From A Very Naughty Girl by Meade, L. T.
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
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)
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
