Lexicographical Neighbors of Dismalest
Literary usage of Dismalest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (1881)
"... tale from lips that had been sealed with the dismalest and most formidable of
oaths, Huck's confidence in the human race was well nigh obliterated. ..."
2. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"Love is the dismalest thing where the lover is quite honest. O, it is a shame to
say so; but it is true!" She indulged in a little laugh. ..."
3. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (2000)
"This drifting was the dismalest work; it held one's heart still. Presently I
discovered a blacker gloom than that which surrounded us. ..."
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