I then began writing a novel that treats directly the bleak reality in which I live.

It is much the same in New York today, especially the bleak reality that a willingness to be lucky doesn't always mean you win.

We are offered a glimpse into a very bleak reality.

But for all his good will, the 62-year-old Mayor did not ignore the city's bleak realities.

Then the sweet, deluding pictures would dissolve into bleak reality.

The nightmare had not passed, and the art dealer forced himself to open has eyes, to face the bleak reality.

Technical advances, whatever their benefits, do not fundamentally change that bleak reality.

Two novellas about women who use their imaginations to transform a bleak reality.

For the first time, he seemed to grasp the bleak reality of his situation.

Ms. Williams's goal is to transcend such bleak reality for the children, most of whom are black.