The Democratic Party is facing a very dismal prospect unless we can recruit people.

These workers, many in their 50's, are left with a few months' health insurance and dismal prospects.

It was a dismal and dangerous prospect, but the only one open to him.

As a 35-year-old, that is a fairly dismal prospect.

But what a dismal prospect awaited us in this quarter!

That, of course, is a fairly dismal prospect.

The numbers also don't reflect older workers who, put off by dismal prospects, have stopped looking for jobs.

That was a dismal prospect; they didn't stand a chance.

Both shocks led to lasting recessions, high inflation and dismal economic prospects.

Many Americans are also facing the dismal prospect of finding their pensions increasingly at risk.