Dismal Swamp

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noun

a swamp in SE Virginia and NE North Carolina. About 30 miles (48 km) long; about 600 sq. mi. (1,500 sq. km).

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Words nearby Dismal Swamp

dislodge, disloyal, disloyalty, dismal, dismal science, Dismal Swamp, dismantle, dismast, dismay, dismayed, disme

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How to use Dismal Swamp in a sentence

Without any evidence or provocation, she attacks Swamp Thing—and then gets beaten in the only fight she has in the issue.
Wonder Woman Takes a Big Step Back|Hugh Ryan|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Electric Swamp Blues How can you possibly find authentic swamp blues in Portland, Oregon?
The Best Albums of 2014|Ted Gioia|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While it is sadly too late for Ms. Peña, there is hope beyond these dismal facts.
Elizabeth Peña and the Truth About Alcoholic Women|Gabrielle Glaser|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Klain is not the first to crawl out of the swamp of Biden World on to the larger stage.
Where There’s Trouble, You’ll Usually Find Joe Biden|Lloyd Green|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But there was still a paper to get out in Washington, and I went there late in the afternoon to tackle the dismal job.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire|H.L. Mencken|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I need not inquire whether his dismal behaviour was natural or assumed.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
A native brought news that a collector and his wife were hiding in a swamp near the road.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
And when he did leave the dismal scene of this last act of his miseries, it was like the spectre of the man who had entered it.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
My railway life began on a drizzling dismal day in the early autumn.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
The light which discovered its dismal bounds to his solitary eyes, came from a small grated aperture in the vaulted roof.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter

British Dictionary definitions for Dismal Swamp

Dismal Swamp

Great Dismal Swamp

noun

a coastal marshland in SE Virginia and NE North Carolina: partly reclaimed. Area: about 1940 sq km (750 sq miles). Area before reclamation: 5200 sq km (2000 sq miles)

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