Sentence examples for dismal subject from inspiring English sources

But don't be deterred by the dismal subject matter.

Corruption is generally a dismal subject, but there was something dreamy and absurd in all the doings that centered around the Little Green House on K. Street.

Despite this dismal subject matter, I'm impressed with the powers feminism has flexed of late.

The basic safety of women in Afghanistan in, and well beyond, Taliban-controlled areas has in recent years proven a dismal subject even though the Americans haven't left.

Perhaps they'll be kids like Jeannie and her copy of "The Bell Jar," happy to be reading, no matter how dismal the subject matter.

Mr Wang conveyed the dismal news to his subjects.

"If I had my way," he wrote many years ago on the subject of that dismal gap in the week, the Scottish sabbath, "I would have all the Scots transported to Spain, and swallowed up once and for all in the sheer good humour of one Spanish Sunday, so that they flew home singing, and... hung John Knox in the cupboard in a dun nightgown of his own loose skin".

Schulberg, who had bypass surgery in May 2000, appeared frail and spoke softly, but he had strong opinions on a range of subjects, including the dismal state of boxing, and the Hollywood characters he admired and despised.

If you suspect the whole thing was a blatant attempt to change the subject from Friday's dismal job figures, award yourself a gold star courtesy of David Axelrod.

Detroit's dismal financial situation has been a subject of minimal regard for many artists, who said that their city is far from the ghost town some might assume from the news.

Our study similarly suggests a more dismal prognosis within dialysis amputees compared with nondialyzed subjects.