rather bleak
Frequency: 6.02.5 per million words
Moderates the meaning, often with a tone of negative surprise or understatement.
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Examples (10)
- The economic forecast for the next quarter is looking rather bleak.
- Without any furniture, the empty room felt rather bleak.
- His assessment of the company's future was, frankly, rather bleak.
- The view from the window on that rainy November day was rather bleak.
- After the factory closed, the town's prospects became rather bleak.
- I must admit, the situation appears rather bleak at the moment.
- The film's ending, where the hero fails to save the day, was rather bleak.
- With so many rejections, her hopes of finding a publisher were looking rather bleak.
- The landscape in mid-winter is often rather bleak and colorless.
- If we don't secure more funding, the project's future will be rather bleak.