Sentence examples for so dismal from inspiring English sources

That's not so dismal, is it?

McCloskey has nothing so dismal in mind.

His performance was so dismal it demands explanation.

"The state of rivers in China is so dismal.

He said he hoped to leave Italy because the economic situation was so dismal.

But the standards of the past are so dismal that this is not saying much.

So dismal is its reputation that three-quarters of crimes are not even reported.

His situation is so dismal that he's beyond fulminating about it, so he sets to work.

The midfielder is unsure why Chelsea's title defence has been so dismal.

The outcome was so dismal that it may not secure formal recognition as an opposition party.

At any other time Ms. Hills's predicament might not have been quite so dismal.