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

Rather than offering calm, he believes white now risks amplifying "a sense of bleakness", particularly when paired with cool, clinical lighting.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 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

Longtime Marvel fans will know Bob by his two other identities: the Sentry, a quasi-good guy, and the Void, a bleakness that takes him over in ways he describes like a bipolar episode.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 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