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Meanings of dismal failure in English

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Usage of dismal failure in English
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That's why the whole Lady Eclair affair was such a dismal failure.
The ginger man
2
An attempted invasion of the Austrian Netherlands ended in dismal failure.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
3
Brilliant audacity had succeeded where timid policy might have resulted in dismal failure.
The Crimson Blind
4
An attempt to relieve himself by punching the ball was a dismal failure.
The Coming of Bill
5
If the structure were a chimney, it was a dismal failure.
The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona / Sixteenth Annual ...
6
So far as reformation is concerned, the Missouri penitentiary is a dismal failure.
The Twin Hells / A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and...
7
Charlotte tried to speak lightly, but it was a dismal failure.
Glenloch Girls
8
But the long night of forced amusement was a dismal failure.
Drood: a novel
9
Our modern history is a spectacular epic of wondrous achievement and dismal failure.
The Disposable Male
10
If you keep to that, our walk'll be a dismal failure.
The Cost
11
So measured, every great man's life has been a dismal failure.
The Jericho Road
12
The luncheon, in fact, had been a most dismal failure.
Jeremy
13
The first house I went into was a dismal failure.
Bullets & Billets
14
This causes the parade to turn out a dismal failure.
The Transgressors / Story of a Great Sin / A Political Novel of ...
15
This approach of life I was conscious of-thendismal failure.
The Damned
16
I tried to laugh, but it was a dismal failure.
A Fool and His Money
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