bleak
Example Sentences
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Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver” is one of the most thoroughly bleak films ever made.
Mellon’s funding has amplified a bleak trajectory for the academy.
The German government expects the economy will grow one percent this year after several bleak years, and other recent data -- from industrial orders to quarterly growth -- have painted a rosier picture.
From Barron's
Hers was a life decision to escape the bleak prospects of an island girl.”
From Los Angeles Times
We travel to a bleak tented camp on barren land on the edge of the city, where we see the reality of what Rasheed says is the biggest challenge facing Syrian women now.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
