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- adjective
superlative form ofbleak : mostbleak .
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Examples
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He recalled the bleakest moment of his childhood when he went from school to school and said, "I reached a point where I saw no light -- where I thought, 'Oh god, yet another boarding school with yet another roommate who was made uncomfortable by me.'"
Tim Gunn Threw Up In A Parking Lot Before His First Day Of Teaching The Huffington Post 2010
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He recalled the bleakest moment of his childhood when he went from school to school and said, "I reached a point where I saw no light -- where I thought, 'Oh god, yet another boarding school with yet another roommate who was made uncomfortable by me.'"
Tim Gunn Talks Bullying, His FBI Agent Father & Anna Wintour The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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He recalled the bleakest moment of his childhood when he went from school to school and said, "I reached a point where I saw no light -- where I thought, 'Oh god, yet another boarding school with yet another roommate who was made uncomfortable by me.'"
Tim Gunn Threw Up In A Parking Lot Before His First Day Of Teaching The Huffington Post 2010
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On the other hand, the market always looks much further in advance, and often when things look at their bleakest is the time to actually buy equities, so I'm not really negative on equities.
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On the other hand, the market always looks much further in advance, and often when things look at their bleakest is the time to actually buy equities, so I'm not really negative on equities.
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Beginning in February 2009, the index of economic sentiment which reflects the expectations of all the players in the business environment, had hit historical lows recalling the bleakest times in 1997.
Slovak Spectator 2009
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State of the News Media Report call it their "bleakest" yet.
NiemanWatchdog.org 2009
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Org, the state of the news business in the United States is the "bleakest" in the six years it has been tracked by the Project for Excellence in Journalism at the Pew Research Center.
Reflections of a Newsosaur Newsosaur 2009
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When the daylight breaks something new is born even when the weather is at its bleakest.
Bleeding The Words Darryl Price 2011
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This British product, about the residual effect on Sheffield of an all-out nuclear war between the U.S. and U.S.S.R., is far and away the bleakest of the films on this list, and probably the most realistic.
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