On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Dismally. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as drearily or dreadfully and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Dismally meaning
In a dismal manner.
Synonyms of Dismally
Using Dismally
- The main meaning on this page is: In a dismal manner.
- Useful related words include: drearily, dreadfully.
- In the example corpus, dismally often appears in combinations such as: failed dismally, dismally in, dismally failed.
Context around Dismally
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dismally
- In this selection, "dismally" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, failed, performed, polling, failed, unsuccessful and wrong stand out and add context to how "dismally" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after losing dismally the narcissistic and after performing dismally in interviews. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dismally" sits close to words such as abdulai, abhinandan and abhor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dismally
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, this experiment failed dismally. (5 words)
The result has been a dismally unsuccessful record for both men. (11 words)
It failed dismally, and Council made the call to abandon the trip. (12 words)
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- tech's stupidest law -- turns 20 this year; I chatted with Molly Wood on Marketplace Tech about the law's history and how dismally little we've learned from it, repeating and even magnifying its mistakes today. (42 words)
Having been part of the inclusive government from 2009 to 2013, and having dismally failed to make any political or electoral reform, one wonders why the MDC thinks it can do so now especially since the circumstances have drastically changed. (40 words)
On the issue of whether the door to her room was damaged, the judge said the evidence of the crime of scene officer had to be rejected as he dismally failed to collect evidence from the crime scene. (38 words)
Q: How do you think this unrest can be resolved given that talks under the tripartite negotiating forum have dismally failed? (21 words)
Example sentences (20)
It failed dismally, and Council made the call to abandon the trip.
Professor explains why Biden polling dismally in spite of 'robust economy'foxnews.
In recent months we’ve failed dismally to protect our loved ones.
Next, we get clips of Kirsten Gillibrand, Robert O’Rourke, and other dismally failed Democrat presidential candidates.
The ruling Swapo Party has pooled its resources to redeem itself at the regional council election at Walvis Bay, where the party president lost dismally against the independent candidate in the November presidential and National Assembly elections.
As fate would dictate, things were falling apart back home with his parent club Oshakati City struggling dismally in the league stirring the dreaded relegation axe in the face.
Having been part of the inclusive government from 2009 to 2013, and having dismally failed to make any political or electoral reform, one wonders why the MDC thinks it can do so now especially since the circumstances have drastically changed.
He said McCormick had stopped taking his prescriptions in an effort to come off drugs but had “failed dismally in that regard”.
Not only did this fail dismally but to print 200 million to cover a $1.8billion hole was always going to be a tall order.
On the issue of whether the door to her room was damaged, the judge said the evidence of the crime of scene officer had to be rejected as he dismally failed to collect evidence from the crime scene.
Q: How do you think this unrest can be resolved given that talks under the tripartite negotiating forum have dismally failed?
The result has been a dismally unsuccessful record for both men.
After losing dismally the narcissistic character tried to impose himself on the electorate on 1 August through a band of hired morons who criminally vandalised & looted people’s properties.
He was one of the 23 candidates that took part in the July 30 presidential elections, where he performed dismally.
Of course, West Ham were in this optimistic position in the two preceding summers and things went dismally wrong all around.
Public institutions managing the very basic services which are essential for the efficient running of the country such as (rail and road transport, electricity, water, local grains etc.) have performed dismally over the years.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- tech's stupidest law -- turns 20 this year; I chatted with Molly Wood on Marketplace Tech about the law's history and how dismally little we've learned from it, repeating and even magnifying its mistakes today.
The parliamentary panel heard that Mutenha had finished third during GM interviews but was appointed nonetheless even after performing dismally in interviews.
The White House this week condemned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for running a sham presidential election, which he won amid dismally low turnout.
However, this experiment failed dismally.
Common combinations with dismally
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- failed dismally 5×
- dismally in 4×
- dismally failed 4×
- performed dismally 3×