The expressiveness of even the minor actors, for instance, warms the bleak atmosphere.

In the generally bleak atmosphere, there have been some promising signs.

The world's broad, bleak atmosphere was all so comfortless!

When he cradled the receiver, the bleak atmosphere had dissipated enough for him to continue.

The painting's scene is set around the start of the calendar year at around January, portrayed by the bleak atmosphere and leafless trees.

But the bass, viola, percussion, clarinet and trumpet lines that wind around it created a bleak atmosphere.

His wife is in a coma, and the cheerful view from the hospital window only accentuates the bleak atmosphere within.

The levels are so high that some professionals compare the current period to the bleak atmosphere during the 1973-74 bear market.

As "American Heart" moves toward a thawing of relations between father and son, it also depicts the bleak, scrappy atmosphere in which these two live.

Blomkamp wanted to capture the deserted, bleak atmosphere and environment, so he and the crew had to film during the months of June through July.