bleakest
Example Sentences
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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
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
Since this scene plays more than halfway through the second season in an episode called “Last Drink,” we recognize this as the bleakest version of “famous last words.”
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2024
I was twenty-one years old and had been locked up for a year already—the bleakest year of my life—and I had more time ahead of me.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
