How to Use dismal in a Sentence
dismal
adjective
- The team's record is dismal.
- The show was a dismal failure.
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Green Bay’s defense was dismal — to say the least — in the first half.
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Rob Reischel,
Forbes,
29 Sep. 2024
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On my last day in town, King takes me for a drive through the east end’s dismal sprawl.
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Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
1 July 2023
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At this time last year, the market approached the end of a dismal 2022.
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Max Zahn,
ABC News,
27 Dec. 2023
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May might have been joking, but such is the extent of the A’s dismal start.
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Matt Kawahara,
San Francisco Chronicle,
30 Apr. 2023
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Over the last 20 years, stock pickers have had a dismal record.
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Jeff Sommer,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2024
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Eugene came in at rank 74 and Salem came in at a dismal 98th.
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oregonlive,
4 Sep. 2023
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In the dismal science, this is what counts as good news.
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Christopher Decker,
The Conversation,
15 May 2024
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And the zero there isn’t the only dismal data on the Cards’ chart.
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Brett Dawson,
The Courier-Journal,
29 Nov. 2022
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The Packers closed the season 1-5-1 in a dismal slide that cost them a playoff spot.
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Journal Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2024
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The impact of the new law on the state’s future ranking is dismal in Allen’s view.
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Brandon Drenon,
The Indianapolis Star,
1 July 2022
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All in all, things are off to a promisingly dismal start.
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Katherine A. Powers,
Washington Post,
10 Aug. 2023
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Across Greece, anger grew over the country’s dismal rail safety record.
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Iliana Magra,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2023
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But Alvarez proved to be more than ready for the big leagues and Narvaez’s defense was dismal.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2024
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This bill binds them tighter to the president and his dismal poll numbers.
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Karl Rove,
WSJ,
3 Aug. 2022
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Busch’s woes Kyle Busch’s dismal day ended with his Chevy getting towed off the track.
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Dan Gelston,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 June 2024
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But even by those more modest standards, this has been a dismal start.
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Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Nov. 2022
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There are two ways of looking at these dismal lamb numbers.
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Katie Hill,
Outdoor Life,
8 June 2023
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Certainly no one needs a recurrence of the dismal events of 2020.
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Jeff Sommer,
New York Times,
7 July 2023
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The fact that lecanemab stands out as a bright spot speaks to how dismal much of the history of research on treatments for Alzheimer’s has been.
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John Rennie,
Quanta Magazine,
21 Dec. 2022
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Brandon Miller He’s been one of a few bright spots in the otherwise dismal season for the Hornets.
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Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Jan. 2024
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Women hold 28 percent of seats in Congress — a U.S. record, but a dismal showing compared to much of the world.
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David Agren,
Washington Post,
7 Sep. 2023
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That, in fact, is a silver lining that can be gleaned from the otherwise dismal year that was 2022.
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Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2022
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The Democrats have played the gratitude card before with dismal results.
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Walter Shapiro,
The New Republic,
28 July 2023
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Some pointed to Facebook’s dismal IPO more than 10 years ago.
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Byluisa Beltran,
Fortune,
31 Aug. 2023
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While vinyl had its 1% uptick in volume through midyear, CD sales were down 10.7% from the already dismal year before.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
20 July 2022
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The bottom line: 2024 should at least be an improvement over the past two dismal seasons.
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Jeremy Duda,
Axios,
6 Sep. 2024
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Despite the dismal quarter, the company increased its dividend from 57 cents to 61 cents per share.
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Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2024
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Arizona voters have a dismal view of the economy, where the country is headed and even their own lives, according to several polls released in the past week.
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Stephanie Murray,
The Arizona Republic,
1 Oct. 2024
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