Sentence examples for turn dismal from inspiring English sources

My thoughts turn dismal and morbid.

The 2001 performance of Invesco Growth was so poor that even its long-term record turned dismal.

With one crisp swing on the first pitch of his first at-bat, Jeter dispatched one of the last remaining nuggets of competitive intrigue in a Yankees season that has turned dismal.

And Republicans are, of course, trying — with considerable success — to turn this dismal state of affairs to their political advantage.

Frank Lampard has said Chelsea can turn their dismal start around as he was awarded an OBE for services to his sport.

As a member of the panel that produced the report, I hope that wide awareness of these disturbing findings will lead to reflection and public debate about what we as a nation need to do to turn this dismal situation around.

I've looked at ways to turn these dismal statistics around and called for better acknowledgement of the actual problems in order to find resolutions.

Mr. Rankis has turned a dismal program into one of the CUNY Athletic Conference's consistently top teams.

Then, in the mid-fifties, something happened that turned the dismal economics of the mall upside down: Congress made a radical change in the tax rules governing depreciation.

Two barometers of the economy, the housing market and consumer attitudes, turned in dismal readings the morning the chairman appeared on Capitol Hill.

Most efforts to boost city morale have turned into dismal jokes (New York as Fun City), but the organization that planned the Baltimore fair, the Citizens Planning and Housing Association avoided the excesses of some by establishing the fair as a celebration of the city's various neighborhoods, rather than a celebration of the city itself.