seem bleak

Examples (10)

• With rising unemployment, the economic outlook for the next quarter seems bleak.
• After the main investor pulled out, the project's future seemed bleak.
• Despite her friends' encouragement, her own prospects seemed bleak to her.
• The vast, empty landscape of the desert seemed bleak under the harsh sun.
• The situation may seem bleak now, but we are confident things will improve.
• The old, abandoned hospital seemed bleak and forbidding.
• Sometimes, even the most promising ventures can suddenly seem bleak.
• If we don't address climate change, the planet's long-term forecast will seem increasingly bleak.
• The artist used grey tones to make the cityscape seem bleak and lonely.
• As the winter storm approached, the world outside the window seemed exceptionally bleak.