Example Sentences

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I always try to dress for the part, and the part just now is dismality.

From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas

The desert of Sahara is somewhat dismal, I daresay; but in its dismality there is at least a flavour of romance, a smack of adventure.

From Birds of Prey by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)