The candidates and others blamed local factors for the dismal turnout: the timing (early fall, one of the last weekends to spend at country dachas), the weather (sunny) and the fact that the front-runner, Valentina I. Matviyenko, seemed assured of victory because of overwhelming Kremlin support.
Though it might have protected some crucial Congress allies, its timing was dismal politically, given rising public anger over official corruption, and India's president had expressed hesitation about signing it.
As an investment strategy, market timing has a dismal record.
While the timing was coincidental, the dismal November sales report underscored the perilous financial condition of G.M., the Ford Motor Company and Chrysler.
For the England XI there had been a measured unbeaten run-a-ball century from Joe Root to help banish the memories of his dismal winter, on a surface that made timing difficult once the balls lost their initial hardness.
Coming off of a dismal (and lengthy) upfront selling season, the timing couldn't be worse.
Considering the recent launch of the DROID, here in the States, and the iPhone's rather dismal launch in China a few weeks back, one might think Dell's timing is rather suspect…but only time will tell.
Dismal streets, dismal lives.
"It's dismal, very dismal".
This dismal performance left dismal scientists feeling appropriately dismal.
