bleakness

What could you say in the face of such bleakness?

He turned to show his eyes for the first time, and they held bleakness.

The bleakness in that single word had told them everything they needed to know.

I think I've had it with all this bleakness and dark.

Then my mother looked at me, and I could see the bleakness behind the smile.

He tried to push the bleakness of those hours away from him.

He'd seen the bleakness in her eyes, yet still she could laugh?

He looked at her then, and she saw the terrible bleakness in his eyes.

The bleakness of the government's economic approach was never more apparent.

Just the thought that it might not be filled her with bleakness.

The bleakness in the girl's eyes was enough to break Kate's heart.

The woman had made her own accommodation with the bleakness.

She'd taken comfort in the story's bleakness, because after reading it she no longer felt so alone.

It's almost enough to make you long for the old cold war bleakness and ambiguity.

The bleakness of the place was exacerbated by the heat.

It was also chilly, which added to the general bleakness.

Only the words of the fallen service members themselves save the film from total bleakness.

The bleakness of the view did little to raise her spirits.

He stopped laughing just as suddenly and a bleakness came into his eyes.

There is a bleakness to the north which, in its harsh way, can be very beautiful.

More than anything, I was struck by the prevailing bleakness.

Today, even in the cherished summer, some of the bleakness remains.

She smiled, but the bleakness remained in those cold, fish eyes.

Bleakness was not strong enough to describe her feelings on that.

No one felt much like talking, and the bleakness of the day brought an end to every awkward attempt.