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Seahawks coach Pete Carroll admitted the two plays added to the dismalness of the day.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2023

But instead of A Taste of Honey’s kitchen-sink dismalness, the era is depicted in sumptuous colour, all sharp suits, svelte frocks and fag ash in the vol-au-vents.

From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2020

However, the effervescence of their music contrasts with the churlish dismalness of a Britain slowly converging on war.

From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2013

In his absence England had been dismal, foreshadowing the approaching generational dismalness of the 1990s.

From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2010

The silence that reigned both fore and aft was oppressive even to dismalness.

From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Stables, Gordon