In spite of our dismal situation, we couldn't help laughing.

All these things seem to be an improvement from a dismal situation, but I could care less about last year.

But in the face of such a dismal situation, Berg persisted.

The campaign also held emergency strategy sessions to deal with what all Democrats agreed was a dismal situation.

I'm glad you can find something funny in this whole dismal situation.

Right now, they held a cheer that not even their dismal situation could quench.

Administration officials defended the agreement as the best way to resolve a dismal situation.

Congress has a chance to remedy this dismal situation.

Whether total or partial, privatisation will only make an already dismal situation worse.

There are those who worry that the background to all these dismal situations is not investigated thoroughly enough.