bleak
Example Sentences
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While it looks bad at the moment, Sale can take solace in the fact that all of this season's Prem top four have had bleak years in the recent past.
From BBC • 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
Maddie could see that it was all set up as informally and cozily as it was possible to make this bleak little room.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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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