In that electoral case, the emphasis was on the dismal state of the nation's health care.

As a result, the quality of the air is improving, albeit from a dismal previous state.

By the following afternoon, it was clear he was in a dismal state.

Grim article from Time on the dismal state of the global shipping business.

The task was complicated, and made more important, by the dismal state of the economy.

Next morning, he awoke with a heavy head and in a dismal state of mind.

Newark's school system is perhaps in a more dismal state than its housing.

Yet he also concerned himself with the dismal state of the West Point football team.

Even in my dismal state I could recognize range and heading data.

The economic transition will be even more difficult because of the dismal state of the economy.