the dumps
Example Sentences
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Consumers—long the engine of the U.S. economy—feel solidly in the dumps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
One very exciting year later, all of that is back in the dumps.
From Slate • Jan. 24, 2026
Environmental campaigners and residents living near sites across England say little is being done to clean up the dumps, despite the culprits in many cases already having been identified and prosecuted.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
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
