Sentence examples for dismal reminder from inspiring English sources

Even the menu for an early near-vegetarian restaurant, the Straight Edge Kitchen ("You Can't Miss It, There's Nothing Else Like It"), is handsomely laid out, although the items listed -- lentil croquettes, apple mush, whole wheat bread -- are a somewhat dismal reminder that health food will always be with us.

Sadly, it seems that if the Hoover Institution wins its 25 year struggle to raise the taxes of those least able to pay them, the promise of "a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage" will yet remain an even more dismal reminder of Hoover's failed public policy.

Some buildings were converted into office space, but others stood empty for years -- a dismal, physically dominant reminder of the destructive side of global outsourcing.

It was another attempt to salvage the work's dismal reputation, and Anthony Tommasini writes, a reminder of what the City Opera is capable of.

Readers over the age of 40 will find it an uncomfortable reminder of a dangerous and dismal past.

A dismal economic report on Monday served as a reminder that despite Mr. Monti's success with investors, the real economy continues to suffer.

The dismal jobs data in Germany served as a reminder that a continued German focus on budget cutting in the euro zone could be an impediment to renewed economic growth.

The dismal news, which sent stock prices skidding 2.1percentt, is another reminder that Japan's tepid recovery is far from even.

Their research is a timely reminder that, unlike the laws of physics, to which practitioners of the dismal science yearn to be compared, economic policy is not one-size-fits-all.

The dismal fifth-place showing by Senator Joseph Lieberman in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday serves as both reminder and motivator to the other Democratic presidential candidates on what it will take to win in November.

Kim's suggestion was brushed aside by American officials, but the statement served as a reminder that punitive measures, including UN and US sanctions, on North Korea have centered on its nuclear program, and not its dismal and alarming human rights record.