How to Use dismal in a Sentence

dismal

adjective

• The team's record is dismal.
• The show was a dismal failure.
• In the first half, though, Smart shot a dismal 2 for 11 from the field.
  — New York Times, 20 May 2022
• Green Bay’s defense was dismal — to say the least — in the first half.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
• On my last day in town, King takes me for a drive through the east end’s dismal sprawl.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
• At this time last year, the market approached the end of a dismal 2022.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2023
• May might have been joking, but such is the extent of the A’s dismal start.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2023
• Over the last 20 years, stock pickers have had a dismal record.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• Eugene came in at rank 74 and Salem came in at a dismal 98th.
  — oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2023
• In the dismal science, this is what counts as good news.
  — Christopher Decker, The Conversation, 15 May 2024
• And the zero there isn’t the only dismal data on the Cards’ chart.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 29 Nov. 2022
• The Packers closed the season 1-5-1 in a dismal slide that cost them a playoff spot.
  — Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
• The impact of the new law on the state’s future ranking is dismal in Allen’s view.
  — Brandon Drenon, The Indianapolis Star, 1 July 2022
• To put it more lightly: The last seven days have been dismal.
  — Declan Harty, Fortune, 12 May 2022
• All in all, things are off to a promisingly dismal start.
  — Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
• Turnout so far has been dismal, but that could all change Tuesday.
  — Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
• The Bulls barely shot 32% from the field in a dismal scoring night for both teams, but their All-Stars fared even worse.
  — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2022
• The show’s dismal ratings were the reason for Stern’s appearance in the first place.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 5 Apr. 2022
• Across Greece, anger grew over the country’s dismal rail safety record.
  — Iliana Magra, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
• But Alvarez proved to be more than ready for the big leagues and Narvaez’s defense was dismal.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
• This bill binds them tighter to the president and his dismal poll numbers.
  — Karl Rove, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022
• Busch’s woes Kyle Busch’s dismal day ended with his Chevy getting towed off the track.
  — Dan Gelston, Orlando Sentinel, 24 June 2024
• Golden State held the Celtics to 16 points in the second quarter and dismal first-half shooting.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
• But even by those more modest standards, this has been a dismal start.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2022
• There are two ways of looking at these dismal lamb numbers.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 8 June 2023
• Certainly no one needs a recurrence of the dismal events of 2020.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 7 July 2023
• The fact that lecanemab stands out as a bright spot speaks to how dismal much of the history of research on treatments for Alzheimer’s has been.
  — John Rennie, Quanta Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
• Brandon Miller He’s been one of a few bright spots in the otherwise dismal season for the Hornets.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 25 Jan. 2024
• Women hold 28 percent of seats in Congress — a U.S. record, but a dismal showing compared to much of the world.
  — David Agren, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• Everything looks more dismal than six weeks ago after the Huskers started 5-1.
  — Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024