"bleak" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

bleak adjetivo

bleak + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 84
bleak picture • bleak landscape • bleak future • bleak place • bleak prospect • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 23
(2) future, time
Kolokacji: 2
(8) eye, vision
Kolokacji: 2
(9) moment, statistics
Kolokacji: 2
(11) world, reality
Kolokacji: 2
(14) stretch, expanse, space
Kolokacji: 3
(15) land, plain, moor, shore
Kolokacji: 4
(16) sky, economy, atmosphere, wind
Kolokacji: 4
1. bleak surroundings = ponure otoczenie bleak surroundings
2. bleak scene = ponure miejsce zdarzenia bleak scene
3. bleak setting = ponure ustawienie bleak setting
  • Graphic scenes show them separately plying their trade with demanding customers in bleak, joyless settings.
  • Still, there's a lot to like here, and the film's bleak setting and empathetic tone add interest to what could have been a by-the-numbers affair.
  • Despite its dark undercurrents and bleak setting, the film manages to be very funny and even life-affirming overall.
  • The page's cover photo also depicted a snowy and bleak setting.
  • A single winter boot, the purple-and-yellow nylon of the upper portion too bright in this bleak setting.
  • "The problem is, though, that depressed people tend to be withdrawn and to stay in a bleak setting devoid of any positive distractions."
  • Obviously, such bleak settings are meant to mirror the emotional emptiness of the characters' lives.
  • Her life up to that point had been in the somewhat bleak settings of Leicester and the London suburbs.
  • The 14-year-old has missed out on childhood in a bleak setting in the near future in which 69 percent of the adult population is alcoholic.
  • As before, Wagner uses the bleakest settings to underscore his characters' loneliness and alienation.
4. bleak scenario = ponury scenariusz bleak scenario
(21) house, street, village
Kolokacji: 3
(22) lyrics, song
Kolokacji: 2
(23) amusement, comedy
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + bleak
Kolokacji: 5
look bleak • grow bleak • turn bleak • sound bleak • feel bleak
adverbio + bleak
Kolokacji: 15
pretty bleak • particularly bleak • equally bleak • increasingly bleak • far bleaker • ...
bleak + preposición
Kolokacji: 3
bleak for • bleak in • bleak with

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