Many suburban operators also angrily attribute the city's motives to its dismal financial condition.

Rose felt a flush of shame that she had been unaware of these dismal conditions before.

The mortality rate was high, and the dismal conditions led to more than half a dozen slave rebellions.

The war should now be over, which will help but by no means rectify the dismal economic conditions that the new government will face.

The county and the sheriff each say the other is responsible for the dismal physical condition of the jail.

The search for solutions is crippled by dismal economic conditions.

Did the police believe that this woman chose such dismal conditions because she thought they were appropriate for a child?

The streets of the city, 140 miles south of Belgrade, are also in dismal condition.

These dismal conditions have been completely reversed in recent years.

There we are presented with a stark description of the hard life of this young girl and the dismal social conditions in which she lives.