Sentence examples for dismal backdrop from inspiring English sources

This flurry of activity comes against a dismal backdrop.

Despite a dismal backdrop of scattered violence and postwar poverty, Afghans are trying to build a new democracy.

Against this dismal backdrop, a coalition government under Letta, however imperfect, could offer a glimmer of hope.

The negotiations this year are taking place against a dismal backdrop, as the economy shows every sign of slowing down and may slip into a recession.

Few presidents have had to take office against such a dismal backdrop, with the economy contracting at 5% a year, jobs being shed at the rate of 800,000 a month and America mired in two failing wars.

There is the chance to read again about Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's hectic summer of 1924, drinking and jazzing in Montmartre as they celebrate the wild success of The Great Gatsby against the dismal backdrop of their imploding marriage.

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Many investors find it hard to look past the weak returns and dismal economic backdrop.

The talks over the final budget took place against a dismal economic backdrop; tax revenues in April were about $1.2 billion lower than the Pataki administration had expected.

No one denies the backdrop is dismal.

At least in the near term, the macroeconomic backdrop is dismal at best.