The overall tone is bleak, particularly in the Republican advertisements.

From here on, things become increasingly bleak, in different ways.

He wanted to bring humor to something that was otherwise bleak in American history.

But while the situation for the French appeared bleak in the center, their southern offensive proved far more successful.

Scots very often appear bleak in the eyes of the English.

This was no time for laughter, though, and his eyes were bleak in the dim light.

There was a note of self-disgust bleak in his voice.

Women's status is equally bleak in the movie business, she said.

The picture is even bleaker for the top 10 funds over all in the year before the crash.

The Clinton record is bleak, for example, in the area of privacy.