be bleak

Frequency: 8.525.2 per million words

Used to state that a situation is hopeless or a place is bare and empty.

bleakVERB + bleak

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Examples (10)

  • The economic outlook is bleak for the coming year.
  • The room was bleak and cold, with only a single bed and a chair.
  • Without immediate action, the future of the company will be bleak.
  • In the depths of winter, the landscape is bleak and covered in snow.
  • For many unemployed workers, the job market has been bleak for months.
  • His chances of recovery are bleak without the surgery.
  • The northern coastline was bleak and windswept, yet beautiful in its own way.
  • If the drought continues, the prospects for farmers will be extremely bleak.
  • The new office building's interior is rather bleak, lacking any warmth or color.
  • Life without friends can be a bleak existence.