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Meanings of as bleak in English

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Usage of as bleak in English
1
Fleischmann's situation was probably as bleak as any that I can imagine.
The Guardian
2
It's as bleak an example as you'll find of Victorianism in practice.
The Irish Times
3
The position is neither as bleak nor as straightforward as he suggests.
The Irish Times
4
He was as bleak as the east wind that swept the platform.
The Little Warrior
5
But not as bleak as Tali's if I couldn't get her out.
The shifter
6
His face was as bleak and yellowish and wrinkled as the moors.
The Lives of Christopher Chant
7
Her face, in the white light, looked as bleak as a stone quarry.
The Song of the Lark
8
The jester smiled as bleak a smile as ever was seen.
Neverwhere
9
The inside of the keep looked as bleak as the outside.
Dhampir
10
It's just as bleak on the next step on the ladder.
The Irish Times
11
It was a small cubbyhole as bleak as a Grosz drawing.
Nothing in her way
12
Iger had recovered his equilibrium and now looked as bleak as Geary felt.
Beyond The Frontier: Steadfast
13
The neighborhood was as bleak as I remembered, the cemetery larger and darker.
Grave Secrets
14
The situation, bluntly put, is as bleak and awful as that.
The Irish Times
15
Yet the situation is not as bleak as it might appear at first glance.
The Guardian
16
But the future may not be as bleak as Gordon and the others suggest.
Reuters
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As bleak through the time
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Ireland
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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