"This year, after several dismal years, occupancy is on the rise."

The fund is soaring, but only after a few dismal years.

Those dismal years in between had almost been erased from her memory.

In those dismal years, the greens were mostly brown and the players scarce.

Four dismal years followed in which the team started well but were unable to compete for the championship.

People felt it was part of a dismal political year.

I'm sure that would help many of us make our way through the dismal years ahead.

But our book says 1917 - a much more dismal year.

The after-tax loss came during an especially dismal year in the securities industry.

This has been a dismal year for the health of our planet.