This sounds so bleak when I say it, but we need some delusions to keep us going.

The statistics on home sales may sound bleak for much of the region, New Jersey notwithstanding.

He sounded so bleak and desperate I thought my heart would break right then and there.

Besides, she had sounded so lonely and bleak when she'd apologized for leaving it this late.

For all its new embellishments, the life story told here sounds bleak and weary.

His voice sounded bleak, as if he no longer cared whether or not he survived.

When it comes to international trade agreements, the conventional wisdom sounds most bleak.

That might sound overly bleak, given that airplanes have been crowded all summer.

At first blush, that might sound a little bleak.

The theme may sound bleak, but this is a fearless book.