Just prior to joining the unit, Howell had suffered a bout of malaria while still in England giving him a "tall, thin and dismal looking" appearance; he was consequently nicknamed "Spike".
Therefore, during the follow-up period, higher histological grade at the initial presentation or earlier appearance of enhancement should warrant dismal prognosis.
In his first season he made 30 league appearances but the Rams finished a dismal 20th.
Van Wolfswinkel, who has scored once in 20 Premier League appearances for Norwich, should have improved that dismal record two minutes after the break, but his close-range header from Snodgrass's cross gave Mannone the chance to save.
Stroman's appearance on the scene, in the nineties, revitalized Broadway storytelling after a dismal decade dominated by dance-challenged British musicals.
Those who "expected to find a dismal, cavernous retreat under Broadway, opened their eyes at the elegant reception room, the light, airy tunnel and the general appearance of taste and comfort in all the apartments," The Times reported.
This season, the Jets are unlikely to improve on the dismal record they compiled in anonymity in the American South, where they were swept by the Rangers in their only playoff appearance in 11 years.
Dismal streets, dismal lives.
"It's dismal, very dismal".
This dismal performance left dismal scientists feeling appropriately dismal.
