dismals
Example Sentences
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Am I going to have an attack of the dismals? am I going to join the ranks of the snivellers?
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de
"Don't try to put us in the dismals," said Jamie Dove, knocking the ashes out of his pipe, and refilling that solace of his leisure hours.
From The Lighthouse by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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
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
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.
