For what that's worth, he amended silently as he took stock of their bleak surroundings yet again.

They were of the bleak surroundings, but those merely overlaid the earlier impressions.

There was just the bleak surroundings that might very well have been lovely, once upon a time.

He looked at Lyons and gestured around at the bleak surroundings.

As he crawled, he looked around at the bleak surroundings.

Raising four grandchildren, she struggles to ensure that they have positive options, and a chance to rise above bleak surroundings.

She is a writer who sees the romantic in bleak surroundings.

With a few bare phrases the author conveys a feeling for the bleak, harsh surroundings in which his people live.

It sat on a hillside, its surroundings fairly bleak.

In this way he concentrates attention on his sitters rather than their bleak surroundings.