bleak

Example Sentences

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It is a thoroughly depressing and bleak conclusion to what is so often depicted as a time of expectation, of excitement even, and hope.

From BBC

The sun was rising early Monday on another bleak day for markets.

From The Wall Street Journal

The weather has been bleak for a good number of us globally since 2026 dawned.

From BBC

Separated from the Premier League's relegation zone only on goal difference and on their fourth manager of the season, things have been fairly bleak at the City Ground.

From BBC

There is a bleak sameness to their contents—desperate pleas to be spared as innocents, loyal to the party and wrongly accused.

From The Wall Street Journal