As he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
In August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : dismal weather. ,Our team played a dismal game. From Dictionary.com.
Leaders from the Thabo Mbeki era failed "dismally" to deal with divisions in the ANC, Arts and Culture Minister Pallo Jordan said, the. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Businesses are performing "dismally" when it comes to implementing equality in the workplace. From Wordnik.com. [iac world news feed] Reference
Zuma, when he criticised "narrow BEE" which had failed "dismally" to transform the country's mining-based economy. From Wordnik.com. [IOL: News] Reference
EE in business 'dismal' Businesses are performing "dismally" when it comes to implementing equality in the workplace. From Wordnik.com. [iac world news feed] Reference
"dismally", but had internationally become an instrument of embarrassment to the country. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"Oh, my, how I hate 'em!" and he groaned dismally. From Wordnik.com. [The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room] Reference
"Why, who else is there?" demanded Clara, dismally. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Wales Senior] Reference
"Wish I was back at Brighton," Slim groaned dismally. From Wordnik.com. [The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service] Reference
Towser ran ahead, howling dismally at every few yards. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
"Not be home for spring and summer!" he said dismally. From Wordnik.com. [Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People'] Reference
“But the tusks,” murmured MYalu at length dismally. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
"We'll go to the bottom, suah!" groaned Blumpo dismally. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
'I should not be a scrap surprised,' I answered, dismally. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
In the banana grove Cyril fled from tree to tree, crying dismally. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
High turnover is a huge problem because pay is often dismally low. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping Your Kids Safe] Reference
"Hitting the pace around this graveyard!" mumbled Herbert dismally. From Wordnik.com. [Rival Pitchers of Oakdale] Reference
Jeremiah, thereupon, yowled dismally and retreated towards the house. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat in Grandfather's House] Reference
"'That by and by will make the music mute,'" ended Patricia dismally. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at School] Reference
"Seems 's if I can't do anything like other folks," she sighed dismally. From Wordnik.com. [At the Little Brown House] Reference
"All right, if you think that's best," -- Phyllis agreed to the plan, dismally. From Wordnik.com. [Phyllis A Twin] Reference
Louise gave her graceful head a mournful shake and looked dismally at her husband. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
Madeline half rose, seeing that her nurse still rocked dismally and looked irresolute. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
"Every one seems happy but me," thought Judith dismally when the borrowers had departed. From Wordnik.com. [Judy of York Hill] Reference
At the end of that time he came to a sudden stop, and went out slowly, groaning dismally. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887] Reference
And that will only aggravate the already dismally low faith people have in their government. From Wordnik.com. [Janet Domenitz: In The Public Interest : Money Changes Everything] Reference
I'm so dismally slumbersome that if I keep you to help me, I shall fall asleep on your hands. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
For a full two minutes he stood as if carven, while the doctors and the chiefs moaned dismally. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
The trees swayed dismally in the breeze, and the birds chattered querulously at being disturbed. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference
The lad's voice echoed dismally throughout the labyrinth of passages, but there was no other reply. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier] Reference
The wind howled dismally through the streets of Paris, and the rain and sleet dashed fiercely against the casements. From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
"It ought to have been," her brother says, with a low harsh laugh that echoes dismally through the quiet sunny room. From Wordnik.com. [Only an Irish Girl] Reference
"I s'pose I will have to take them after Gail's lecture," Peace sighed dismally, "but I'll never put 'em on -- never!". From Wordnik.com. [At the Little Brown House] Reference
She laughed dismally, raising her face in the gloom of the bed canopy that enshrouded them like the shadows of a catafalque. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
"If we had some water we might bring him to," observed Paul, when the man on the floor groaned again, more dismally than before. From Wordnik.com. [The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain] Reference
Glory was obliged to refuse three times to recite, on the plea of her lost books, and double lessons loomed ahead of her dismally. From Wordnik.com. [Glory and the Other Girl] Reference
Gloriana rescued the frying pan, and the disappointed children gathered about the table, trying to look cheerful, but failing dismally. From Wordnik.com. [Tabitha's Vacation] Reference
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