the 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

If we are to be prying and spying into all the dismals of life, we should have no heart to anything.

From Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

I was simply trying to joke away the dismals!

From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.

Then what in the name of goodness are you going into the dismals for on this morning of all mornings.

From A Life For a Love A Novel by Meade, L. T.

You are getting morbid, John," said Jasper; "you always were given to look on the dismals.

From How It All Came Round by Meade, L. T.