Example Sentences

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Dismally enough we followed in the wake of the others.

From Mrs. Fitz by Snaith, J. C.

Dismally he trailed through the door he had left so cheerfully a moment ago.

From In And Out by Franklin, Edgar, [pseud.]

Dismally barren and lonesome was that desolate bar between the bay and the ocean.

From Dab Kinzer A Story of a Growing Boy by Stoddard, William Osborn

I lay where, with his drowsy mates, the cock From the cross-timber of an out-house hung: Dismally tolled, that night, the city clock!

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 by Knight, William

Dismally howling he then licked his forehead; Ekkehard standing near, with a tear in his eye, saying a prayer for the welfare of his soul....

From Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von