Pronunciation of the English word dismal.
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1. | The rain made the autumn day dismal. | |
2. | The outlook for the defense program is dismal. | |
3. | That doctrine will no doubt lead to dismal consequences. | |
4. | The house looked very dismal. | |
5. | The prospects for Japan's future look dismal. | |
6. | Sales were apparently dismal. | |
7. | Edison's talking doll was a dismal failure. | |
8. | "In doubt, we bade Eurypylus explore / Apollo's oracle, and back he brought / the dismal news: With blood, a maiden's gore, / ye stilled the winds, when Trojan shores ye sought. / With blood again must your return be bought; / an Argive victim doth the God demand." | |
9. | Then again / a third tall shaft I grasp, with sinewy strain / and firm knees pressed against the sandy ground; / when O! shall tongue make utterance or refrain? / forth from below a dismal, groaning sound / heaves, and a piteous voice is wafted from the mound: | |
10. | The play was a great success, but the audience was a dismal failure. |