bleakness

Example Sentences

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Mezzo Kelsey Lauritano’s Erika got a few lyrical moments, including her signature aria, “Must the winter come so soon,” which was briefly reprised—unnecessarily—to drive home the bleakness of the ending.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

"I see absolutely nothing to be gained for women's tennis - I see only bleakness," she told BBC Sport.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

I’ve upgraded to glass, hoping that a sturdier vessel might redeem the bleakness of four-day-old poultry.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025

Then, too, there’s the sheer bleakness of the role: “Everyone starts off enthusiastic,” Camille tells Sailor, “but then, I don’t know. They just sort of give up.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

Her voice had become sharp with overtones of bleakness as her soul congealed and she ceased to move, as the instinctive, omnipresent film of great weight, of an almost absolute inertia, settled over her.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick