Sentence examples for dismal experiences from inspiring English sources

Loach has said his characters' dismal experiences with the social security system are emblematic of a wider austerity-led policy of "conscious cruelty" towards the poor.

There were several contenders for most dismal experiences of the year, among them Sam Mendes's mechanical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and much of the Edinburgh international festival.

On the heels of that dismal experience, Mr. Obama had little to sell.

Given that dismal experience, do today's rising oil prices mean that we're doomed?

Mr. Levy clearly will have to improve on last summer's dismal experience.

As you know, if you endure the increasingly dismal experience of flying, some airports are markedly better then others.

The next year, the family decides to not apply for financial aid based on the dismal experience the previous year.

Screenplays have the potential to be lucrative, and a writer can be spared the often dismal experience of having his novel adapted by someone else.

You cannot actually buy tickets for #Dismaland - the disappointment of the website not working adds to the all round dismal experience.

Is the poshest new restaurant in town "a dismal experience" or a glowing "testament to a lifetime of forensic appetite and experience"?

Then the president had a moment of doubt, recalling the dismal experience of his immediate predecessor, Lyndon B. Johnson Johnsonon bombed them for years, and it didn't do any good".