| Harper cited the unending toxicness of the election and a certain bleakness in West Baltimore as reasons for change. |
| At a convention noted less for its retail bleakness than its product sameness. |
| I was greeted by grey bleakness and a scratchy woolen blanket and a hard wooden floor. |
| Several film noir techniques are used to enhance the film's melancholic bleakness. |
| One of the rays of light during the bleakness is the opportunity to release some life-affirming music to raise the spirits. |
| That is, the space and lineation achieve aural and visual effects which materially reinforce the poetic message of bleakness. |
