bleak
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In her story of ill-starred lovers and class divisions set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, England, Emily Brontë creates two contrasting visions of home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Eliot theorized in his 1925 poem “The Hollow Men,” a bleak assessment of life after the first world war.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
And though the reporting coming out of there during the first Trump administration often seemed bleak, Ribeiro’s memories of those days in El Paso are joyful because of its people.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Another prominent poll of American attitudes, the consumer-confidence index, is not nearly as bleak.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
My chance of survival was bleak, verging on nonexistent.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Vocabulary lists containing bleak
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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