dismal
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Huffington watched the dismal first half with her sister and daughter, both of whom stayed awake when she called it quits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Head coach Brendon McCullum said England must deal with the "backlash" to their dismal 4-1 defeat in Australia.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
But “Stronger” returned dismal numbers at the box office, grossing just $7.7 million on a $30 million budget.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
It sounds dismal, but there’s a lot you can do to slow the aging process.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
We made our way across a dismal plain, groping for detail, sight obscured.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing dismal
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