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Discover LudwigThe phrase "dismal and" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is bleak or depressing, often followed by another adjective or noun.
Example: "The weather was dismal and dreary, making everyone feel gloomy."
Alternatives: "gloomy and" or "bleak and".
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It was dismal and scary.
This was ragged, dismal and, by the end, utterly conclusive.
"Growth should be dismal and tax revenues should suffer".
"It's dismal, and it hasn't improved much," Dr. Bach said.
Although growth has returned, the latest jobs figures are dismal and house repossessions continue to rise.
Any thoughts of optimism, therefore, get eclipsed by worries of a dismal and bleak future.
All his statistics were dismal, and his game was heading downhill.
The Browns' record, 2-5, remains dismal, and Mangini's job is as tenuous as ever.
Working conditions in too many of these factories are dismal, and the pay is, too.
The dismal and almost slanderous misportrayal of their sex lives makes me bitter.
Billingham invests the dismal and the ordinary with an unexpected dignity.
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