Sentence examples for dismal position from inspiring English sources

Van Dorn's dismal position worsened after wide-ranging charges of personal and professional misconduct emerged.

The goal of the stunt, she told reporters, was to make a statement about the dismal position of women.

Except for the fact that no one is threatening to damage their kneecaps, they're in the same dismal position as the classic victim of loan-sharking.

His and his party's contempt for the ordinary men and women of this country goes a long way to explain Labour's dismal position in the polls.

With the collapse of talks, Andersen finds itself in a complex and dismal position, facing a trial on a criminal charge that has already resulted in a guilty plea by a partner, David B. Duncan.

The Scot has played in just two of the last five Davis Cup matches, all of which Britain have lost to slump from a World Group standing to the current dismal position which sees them in danger of being relegated to the bottom rung of European tennis.

What it most liked about her seems to be the way she could magic away the country's dismal financial position.

During the same year in Silicon Valley, women held just 11percentt of executive positions and a dismal 9percentt of executive officer positions.

The comments by Mr. Paterson are not likely to improve his strained relations with the Obama administration, which has urged him to abandon the 2010 race for governor because of his dismal poll numbers — a position that probably became more urgent after Democrats lost the New Jersey governor's office this month.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul and Ohio Governor John Kasich, pushed to the far ends of the stage by their dismal poll numbers, both positioned themselves as voices of reason, with Senator Paul warning against too much tough talk about Syria.

Crystal Palace had been in a position to exorcise dismal form here, leading against depleted opponents with an opportunity theirs for the taking to move well clear of the condemned.