dismals
Example Sentences
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Gracious Heavens!" were the first words to be distinguished; "what a frightful old place; enough to make one die of the dismals!
From Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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.
But at the end of book, volume, and part we leave Cyrus once more in the dismals.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George
She was a splendid woman, and had the best faculty of dispelling the blues, dumps and dismals of any person I ever met.
From Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by Edmonds, S. Emma E.
"Oh, Helen!" cried he, "how happy should I be if you would give over all your dismals, lay aside your scruples, and make me your slave for life, by undertaking this mild and modest part!"
From A Wife's Duty A Tale by Opie, Amelia Alderson
