Examples of 'bleak' in a sentence

Meaning of "bleak"

Lacking vegetation, charm, or hope; dreary or desolate. This term is used to describe a situation, landscape, or outlook that is bleak or grim
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  • Without color; pale; pallid.
  • Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
  • Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
  • A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.

How to use "bleak" in a sentence

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I can see a very bleak evening ahead.
Our bleak and desperate past is behind us.
Living standards are bleak for most citizens.
What a bleak and desolate prospect that is.
Not everything is so bleak and there is hope.
A bleak existence he does not mind living out.
You said something bleak beautifully again.
I have been lying here contemplating a bleak future.
He drew a bleak scenario in his short speech.
Prospects in the fishery sector remain bleak.
I have painted a bleak picture of a tragic life.
It got me through some pretty bleak times.
It may seem pretty bleak if my father is involved.
Chances of success in this case are very bleak.
For having such a bleak outlook on pirates.

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I know that this must seem bleak.
A certain bleak attitude about the world.
I do not want to have a bleak life anymore.
It was bleak and depressing and nothing else.
The results paint a rather bleak picture.
The world is bleak enough without me adding to it.
The future looks even more bleak.
Not everything is bleak for the government.
And elsewhere the picture was equally bleak.
But all is not bleak in his analysis.
This area is really dry and bleak.
It is a bleak world that harbors death itself.
However the overall picture is not so bleak.
I can not say how bleak we felt.
Their overall economic conditions remained bleak.
The outlook might not be as bleak as it appears.
It is no secret that the economic outlook is bleak.
The hideaway inn was bleak and depressing.
I do not think you could call it bleak.
The outlook is not as bleak as all that.
And there my love story appears bleak.
We shared a bleak and profound hopelessness.
Other social indicators offer a bleak picture.
So we have a rather bleak situation confronting us.
I think recidivism rates paint a bleak picture.
What a bleak and rimy day.
I have never seen this bleak game.
Bleak news about your mother.
You are like all other bleak freaks.
But that bleak future need not be ours.
He do not want to hear that bleak imagery.
That bleak wilderness could ruin our health.
The old college can be rather bleak.
Our reality was bleak to begin with.
He has seen his future and it is bleak.

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