Sentence examples for a set of dismal from inspiring English sources

But mystique itself is a glamorous word, and it put a seductive spin on a set of dismal problems.

"All of these things could go into reverse," Mr. Gordon said, "and leave them with a set of dismal choices".

Also on Friday, truck makers Volvo and Scania posted a set of dismal nine-month and quarterly reports and cut their outlooks.

In Holyrood the previous week, Davidson was calling on Sturgeon to account for another set of dismal education figures that indicated a widening attainment gap between the haves and the have-nots.

Britain could end up replacing one set of dismal laws with another.

See articleOther investment banks raised some much-needed cash ahead of what is expected to be another set of dismal quarterly earnings.

AS THE latest set of dismal test scores was announced in Colorado 41% of 11-year-olds failing to meet state standards in reading, and 69% failing to meet them in writing Bill Maloney, the state's education commissioner, had sobering words: "If we do not put our house in order, rougher hands will do it for us".

The government, already pressured to ease its fiscal squeeze by each set of dismal economic figures, can scarcely afford such disunity.It would be easy to infer from all this rancour that the coalition is not long for this world: that the cynics who were confounded by the coalition's surprisingly unified first year could end up being vindicated.

The dismal science is dismal precisely because of this cynicism: because as a project, as a set of values, it leads pretty much nowhere.

He played on a lot of dismal teams.

In 2001, the retailer set its sights on capturing customers in the United States and the United Kingdom, but a year-and-a-half of dismal sales later, it shut the doors on most of the new stores.