bleak

“This generation is looking at a fairly bleak situation,” said Fred Neumann, chief Asia economist at HSBC.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

If the recent terms are a prologue, the coming term is bleak.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Consumer sentiment surveys paint a bleak picture right now, but consumers are spending briskly.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Given the fact that these problems have only worsened in the six years since the film’s release, the conclusion is pragmatically bleak.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

He looks at me, his eyes bleak with misery.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

We once caught in an hour 6000 fishes like bleaks.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Robert Kerr

For young Americans, though, the job landscape was much bleaker.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Last month, the multilateral lender's World Economic Outlook predicted global growth would drop to 3.1 percent in 2026 in its "reference" scenario, but warned of a bleaker outlook if the war were to drag on.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

The mixed jobs picture reflects surging demand for people in healthcare and social services but a bleaker environment for government employees, factory workers and cubicle dwellers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

However, Arsenal themselves have a much bleaker record as they've been top at Christmas four times before but have never gone on to lift the trophy.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025

That same day, however, he wrote John a private and far bleaker letter.

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

Tenured professors doubling as groundskeepers at a $70,000-a-year private college in New England is another sign of what is shaping up as the bleakest era for America’s smaller private schools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

When I graduated from UC–Berkeley with my “useless” comparative literature degree, into one of the bleakest job markets in recent American memory, I thought to myself, There must be a loophole somewhere.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026

The last connects to the bleakest memory outie Mark and his wife share – a miscarriage that followed months of difficulty conceiving.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2025

Fender is one of our finest songwriters, with a sharp eye for detail and a heartland rock style that turn even the bleakest observations into rousing stadium anthems.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2025

But as any MacGyver episode will show you, when things look bleakest, that’s about the time you turn a corner.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau