bleak

Example Sentences

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Camus’s vision may have been a bleak and arid one, but it retains its awful potency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

McMurtry’s first novel, “Horseman, Pass By,” appeared in 1961 and laid down many of the ideas that he would revisit, especially the sprawling gap between the fantasy of the West and its bleak reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The situation has felt particularly bleak in L.A.,

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

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 • Mar. 24, 2026

Its members most dreaded being assigned to an especially bleak sector at the extreme south end of the park below the Agriculture Building.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson