dismals
Example Sentences
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Well," said Murray, "I've got this promotion, and I'm not going to worry about dismals.
From A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle by Wood, Stanley L.
We've all been in the dismals long enough, but a marriage will set us all right again.
From Sharing Her Crime by Fleming, May Agnes
He only sat down, relieved, when Helene had signed to him that the child was in her dismals, as Rosalie was wont to say.
From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile
"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