bleak

Example Sentences

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Things seem bleak now, but buried under all the terrible statistics and policy is a message we can’t ignore: we must act.

From Salon

While many see that as a major win, it doesn’t represent the bigger, bleaker picture for salmon in the state.

From Los Angeles Times

The bleak assessment is likely to be echoed in other NHS regions as building winter pressures increase the challenge of trying to find hospital beds for sick patients needing care.

From BBC

With the economic outlook in Honduras still bleak, Elías thinks there is little that can hold people back for long.

From BBC

Because its big potential customers—the large cloud companies—have their own inference chips, the future seemed bleak.

From Barron's