bleakness
Example Sentences
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For Day, these photographs feel “hopeful, especially as compared to the bleakness of his earlier Philadelphia images, but also daunting.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
But Neill is up to the task, creating an atmosphere of sheer bleakness with little more than a look that is, somehow, both vacant and teeming with emotion.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Against the bleakness, a University of Maryland economist and business professor stepped forward to offer hope.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
"I see absolutely nothing to be gained for women's tennis - I see only bleakness," she told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
Compared to the bleakness outside those windows, the opulence felt like a slap to the face.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
