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Definition of bleakness in English: bleaknessnoun ˈbliːknəsˈbliknəs mass noun1The quality or state of being bare and inhospitable. the bleakness of that destroyed landscape the grim concrete bleakness Example sentencesExamples - The bleakness of the camp is well captured by both the cinematographer and the soundtrack composer.
- What they do capture is the bleakness of the streets.
- Hospitals have for many centuries used major artists to counter the clinical bleakness of medical interiors.
- His first Swiss landscapes focused on the grandeur and bleakness of the mountains.
- There is no escape from violence in either sphere, no pastoral alternative to the bleakness of the run-down city.
- Their windswept sounds recall the bleakness of the tundra, the vast frozen lakes.
- I liked the sort of bleakness in the atmosphere.
- Residents of this section of the city recall a time, not long ago, when their streets were canyons of bleakness.
- The bleakness of the environment inhabited by the characters is emphasized by the almost complete lack of sunlight in the film.
- The cabbie hopes that whoever does come to live there will be prepared for the bleakness of the place outside the summer months.
- 1.1 The quality or state of cold and miserable weather.
the evening's rainy bleakness Example sentencesExamples - He tells Helen why he loves the marsh even in the bleakness of midwinter.
- Despite the bleakness outside, she's enjoying her downtime.
- As the morning bleakness gives way to splatters of rain, stiff-limbed footballers are trudging into the stadium.
- With the bleakness of January nearly behind us, we can start looking ahead to the rest of the year.
- By echoing the seasonal bleakness of a northern winter, he leaves unspoken but implicit the possibility of cyclic renewal.
- 1.2 The quality or state of being hopeless, discouraging, or unlikely to have a favourable outcome.
this story is marked by unrelenting bleakness the atrocities and bleakness of war Example sentencesExamples - The bleakness of the situation is brought out through the choice of locations and the way in which the scenes are shot.
- If you're going to have a show about undertakers, it can't be just bleakness and depression.
- She seduces the despondent radical with whispers about the bleakness of mankind.
- It pulsates with a humanity that, in spite of its bleakness, is life-affirming and ultimately uplifting.
- Sundays were bad enough for their bleakness and oppression, but Sunday was also the day when the battles between my mother and father took place.
- It's a downtrodden tale full of woe and misfortune, a portrait of loneliness and bleakness.
- Trying not to give in to the bleakness and misery of his surroundings, he is convinced that he is just one fighter away from success.
- There's a core of humanity in each story, whether it's the bleakness of a family funeral or a torturous fight with an accidental vampire.
- Their hope, in the very bleakness of their existence, is ultimately shattered, and we realize they are back to square one at best.
- His very titles reflect bleakness, guilt, incertitude.
Definition of bleakness in US English: bleaknessnounˈbliknəsˈblēknəs 1The quality or state of being bare and inhospitable. the bleakness of that destroyed landscape the grim concrete bleakness Example sentencesExamples - Residents of this section of the city recall a time, not long ago, when their streets were canyons of bleakness.
- The cabbie hopes that whoever does come to live there will be prepared for the bleakness of the place outside the summer months.
- The bleakness of the environment inhabited by the characters is emphasized by the almost complete lack of sunlight in the film.
- What they do capture is the bleakness of the streets.
- Hospitals have for many centuries used major artists to counter the clinical bleakness of medical interiors.
- There is no escape from violence in either sphere, no pastoral alternative to the bleakness of the run-down city.
- I liked the sort of bleakness in the atmosphere.
- Their windswept sounds recall the bleakness of the tundra, the vast frozen lakes.
- His first Swiss landscapes focused on the grandeur and bleakness of the mountains.
- The bleakness of the camp is well captured by both the cinematographer and the soundtrack composer.
- 1.1 The quality or state of cold and miserable weather.
the evening's rainy bleakness Example sentencesExamples - He tells Helen why he loves the marsh even in the bleakness of midwinter.
- Despite the bleakness outside, she's enjoying her downtime.
- As the morning bleakness gives way to splatters of rain, stiff-limbed footballers are trudging into the stadium.
- With the bleakness of January nearly behind us, we can start looking ahead to the rest of the year.
- By echoing the seasonal bleakness of a northern winter, he leaves unspoken but implicit the possibility of cyclic renewal.
- 1.2 The quality or state of being hopeless, discouraging, or unlikely to have a favorable outcome.
this story is marked by unrelenting bleakness the atrocities and bleakness of war Example sentencesExamples - Trying not to give in to the bleakness and misery of his surroundings, he is convinced that he is just one fighter away from success.
- His very titles reflect bleakness, guilt, incertitude.
- It pulsates with a humanity that, in spite of its bleakness, is life-affirming and ultimately uplifting.
- It's a downtrodden tale full of woe and misfortune, a portrait of loneliness and bleakness.
- Their hope, in the very bleakness of their existence, is ultimately shattered, and we realize they are back to square one at best.
- The bleakness of the situation is brought out through the choice of locations and the way in which the scenes are shot.
- Sundays were bad enough for their bleakness and oppression, but Sunday was also the day when the battles between my mother and father took place.
- There's a core of humanity in each story, whether it's the bleakness of a family funeral or a torturous fight with an accidental vampire.
- If you're going to have a show about undertakers, it can't be just bleakness and depression.
- She seduces the despondent radical with whispers about the bleakness of mankind.
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