bleakness

Update, 1/25: Scott Weinberg at Cinematical: I'd like to say that the film, for all its grunge, grime and bleakness, is a well-intentioned piece, but I never really got that impression from Weapons.

GreenCine Daily: Sundance. Weapons. 2007

This bleakness is Simon’s stamp on the show, and it suggests that his political passions ultimately trump his commitment to accuracy or evenhandedness.

The Angriest Man In Television 2008

This bleakness is Simon’s stamp on the show, and it suggests that his political passions ultimately trump his commitment to accuracy or evenhandedness.

The Angriest Man In Television 2008

I recall the bleakness that engulfed the land at our first meeting 15 years ago.

Global Voices in English » The News of Bantu Mwaura’s death shocks Kenyan bloggers 2009

The fact is that the "bleakness" is entirely on the KMT side, where after Ma Ying-jeou the party has no candidate who is clean and could win wide approval.

Broken Record: WaPo on Chen indictments Michael Turton 2007

Second, it presents "bleakness" as everyone's problem when in fact it is only the KMT's problem.

Broken Record: WaPo on Chen indictments Michael Turton 2007

In these lines Stevens describes the mind as a concentrated tool trained to withstand the blizzards of loneliness, trained to endure coldness and bleakness, in order to behold beauty without being overcome with misery.

History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011

Her poems express the darkness that seeps into a life marked by loss and captures the bleakness of resignation.

History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011

She's very sweet, with conventional dreams for her future, and pretty oblivious to how much bleakness there is around her.

Thieves unlike them 2010

The room waited, longing for a baby to bring life to its bleakness and cure the vast solitude.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011