So she lay in dismal thoughts, but at last fell asleep for mere weariness.

That was a hell of a dismal thought.

The idea of living in a country that doesn't produce anything is a dismal thought.

Thus he changed his plans and steeled himself to the dismal thought of confronting his wife early in the morning.

He forced the dismal thought from his mind.

Believe me, gentlemen, it was a pretty dismal thought.

One dismal thought kept oozing to the top, and finally it lodged there.

He was moving back toward his tent as these dismal thoughts passed through his mind.

Even today this city can arouse in me nothing but dismal thoughts.

We did not talk; each seemed occupied with his own dismal thoughts.