dismals
Example Sentences
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“Idyllic,” some folks would have thought it: I used to get the fair dismals watching it.
From The Observations of Henry by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Auntie’s ill and in bed, Rosalind and Roger are spooning about in the grounds, Armstrong’s got the dismals, and the governor’s not to be disturbed.
From Roger Ingleton, Minor by Talbot Baines Reed
"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 Mrs. Henry Wood
You are getting morbid, John," said Jasper; "you always were given to look on the dismals.
From How It All Came Round by L. T. Meade
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 George Saintsbury
