Moon glanced at Gundhalinu, saw the life go out of his eyes and the animation out of his face, leaving bleak resignation.

"I'll 'ave to 'ave a little talk with the twins," he said with bleak resignation.

It is tempting, at times, to join Richter, in bleak resignation.

He glanced once more after Dirk, saw only empty forest, and turned back again, a feeling of bleak resignation settling through him.

Frowning, she fought to re-establish the connection then sighed in bleak resignation.

Shame, as heavy as a mantle of iron, had crushed her into bleak resignation, and having no ability to resist, she had settled for endurance.

"The Miller's Son" is a clear example, a song of bleak resignation sung by Petra, the household servant.

A low, scratchy voice brought bleak resignation to "Delia"; talk-sung verses gave "Tight Connection to My Heart" the ease of conversation.

The wildness had drained from his face, but the bleak resignation that had replaced it was somehow more ominous.

But the mood is curiously somber, at times almost harsh, and an aftertaste of bleak resignation lingers after the sweet perfume of romanticism has evaporated.