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of terrible quality or depressing; or dark and dreary (as when bad weather blocks the sun or when it is drizzly)
- We kept each other laughing, bitterly, and waited for Jamie, fresh and back from a weekend at Stowe or Hunter Mountain, to fill our dismal lives.Chapter Ten (48% in)
- In the face of dismal statistics regarding arrest, prosecution, and even full recovery for the victim, I saw no choice but to ignore the statistics.Chapter Nine (14% in)
There are no more uses of "dismal" in Lucky by Sebold.
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