| 单词 | bleakly |
| 例句 | There were several trees bleakly reaching into the fog. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy stared bleakly at the gray drifts. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Pinmei twisted again to see him gazing bleakly at the shadows on the icy lake, looking, she thought, as if he were seeing his own life of endlessly serving the emperor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I know what he wants,” Charles said bleakly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Last came Billy Pilgrim, empty-handed, bleakly ready for death. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the only thing I’m good at,” he said, somewhat bleakly. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Looks like a really good plan from where I’m standing,” said Harry, grinning bleakly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Cyrus stared bleakly out the open door into the darkness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He sat desponding on the threshold of the door and gazed bleakly over the dried and hardened fields from which every particle of anything which could be called food or fuel had been plucked. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He sighed and sat back heavily with his arms crossed, bleakly considering his position and how he’d got himself into this fix. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Then a second realization broke as clearly and bleakly as dawn at the beach. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am sorry,” I say bleakly, “I can give you nothing. My food, it is gone.” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z She bleakly wondered if there was any chance the children could be made ready for such an important and complicated public appearance in such a short time. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Chamberlain turned, saw Tom’s white grinning face, saw him flick rock dust from his uniform, blinking it out of his eyes, grinning bleakly. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s blisteringly hot in the summer, bleakly cold in winter. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z How best to describe this upstart avatar of Beckett’s bleakly comic worldview? Review: ‘Krapp’s Last Tape,’ a Melancholy Tone Poem 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z "We've not proved that as a race we can use what we've learned for the greater good: I hope and plan to leave nothing," Stuart Taylor wrote bleakly. Cake, children and cocktails: legacy hopes of 1,000 men in pottery exhibit 2013-01-21T13:45:17Z This is as bleakly urban as it gets. In Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, street art is helping the community revive There are some bleakly funny lines, but mostly this is a dark exploration of big, mid-century themes. The Chairs 2010-08-29T20:30:00Z What distinguishes Ms. Eisenberg is how thoughtfully she adjusts to the form she’s working in while retaining the essence of her bleakly stylish humor. Critic?s Notebook: Advancing a New Form of Comedy: Storytelling 2012-04-04T22:52:28Z The whole thing reads like a cosmic, bleakly funny John D. MacDonald thriller. Cormac McCarthy’s Unsettling Dream of a Novel 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z This bleakly funny portrayal of life as a suddenly single fortysomething is in some ways a reaction against the traditional sitcom format. Offensive charm 2011-03-19T00:04:00Z The director Doug Fitch’s theatrically lively staging of this bleakly satirical work, which used videos inventively, was a triumph of doing more with less. Philharmonic?s Alan Gilbert and the Youth Movement 2010-07-09T22:48:00Z A bit of a philosopher, the man sounds bleakly apologetic about his line of work. 'Cartel Land' goes deep inside vigilantes' fight on both sides of Mexico-U.S. drug war 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Elsewhere it is as bleakly poetic as a son blowing on his dead father’s ashes, which drift and disperse like a cloud in the wind. Theater Review | 'A Lie of the Mind': Home Is Where the Soul Aches 2010-02-19T04:40:00Z The short form has allowed Mr. Walter to assemble his most bleakly funny, hard-edge book in years. Books of The Times: ‘We Live in Water’ by Jess Walter 2013-01-31T21:10:42Z The Long Wharf Theater is presenting Samuel Beckett’s “Endgame,” one of his seminal, bleakly comic but highly stylized dramatic emblems of the human predicament. Suspending Disbelief in a Savage ‘Endgame’ 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z This is an elegiac noir for the memory of a place, delivered in a prose as bleakly beautiful as the setting. The Storm Without by Tony Black – review 2012-07-10T15:24:01Z While the bassoonists, oboists and clarinetists navigated their jaunty, folk-like melodies, the trilling violins played in the background with a metallic sheen, adding a suggestion of bleakly beautiful winter light. Review: A Montreal Orchestra Brings Back Bartok’s Strangeness 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z In one of many bleakly comic moments, a South Sudanese lawmaker who wants residents to lease their property mumbles his way through the national anthem. Review: ‘We Come as Friends’ Explores Potential Exploitation of South Sudan 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z That part of her story is bleakly familiar; it’s a sad, maddening movie-industry refrain, especially for older actresses. Review: ‘Bombshell’ Tells the Amazing Story of Hedy Lamarr, the Star and Inventor 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z There is no divine appearance in Kill List, no conjuration, just bleakly absurd acts of extreme aggression, suicidal and murderous all at once. Cults, human sacrifice and pagan sex: how folk horror is flowering again in Brexit Britain 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Except, as the 1980s season continues with a two-part adaptation of Martin Amis's bleakly comic novel, Self is anything but slick. Doctor Who 2010-05-22T05:44:00Z Let me close with a final quotation — from the finale of “Thoughts About the Person From Porlock” — that again reflects Smith’s characteristic blend of the comic and bleakly unsentimental: Michael Dirda on the misunderstood poet Stevie Smith 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Then there was the bleakly philosophical No One Knows Nothing Anymore, and the gutsy and epic There Will Be a Reckoning, which would have been perfect for Johnny Cash. Billy Bragg – review 2013-02-28T17:22:12Z Vinothraj palpably summons the violence and oppressive nature of their relationship — and their bleakly impoverished milieu — with intensity and tremendous visual flair. New Directors/New Films Turns 50 With a Bracingly Eclectic Lineup 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Like the Danish original, a hit in Britain as well, the series follows a stoic female detective through bleakly picturesque cityscapes. ArtsBeat: Making 'The Killing,' AMC's New Nordic Noir 2011-04-01T14:56:56Z The incident quickly mushroomed into a televised spectacle and became a turning point in hostage negotiating; more than anything, it exhumes an instructive, bleakly relevant chapter in the city’s long racially fractious history. An Eerie, Thrilling Trip to the Toronto International Film Festival 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z In “Friday Black,” the dystopian future Adjei-Brenyah depicts — like all great dystopian fiction — is bleakly futuristic only on its surface. ‘Friday Black’ Paints a Dark Portrait of Race in America 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Yet in these inventive arrangements and with her bleakly beautiful delivery, the songs seemed utterly fresh. Music Review: ?Berlin Nights/Paris Days? With Ute Lemper at Zankel Hall 2012-04-06T21:25:21Z It all bleakly unravels into a horrifically violent conclusion that, one realizes, could happen only in a soundless realm. 'The Tribe' an unusual, powerful look at criminality 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Racial sensitivities aside, this Exodus is a stolid mess, bleakly laughable without being an entertaining hoot like De Mille’s camp classic. REVIEW: Don't Let Your People Go See Exodus: Gods and Kings 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Their exchanges are cruel, unyielding and bleakly funny, but the viciousness is also their bond. A Taste of Honey – review 2013-01-23T17:33:00Z Those very simple, bleakly articulate words sum up the hopes and hopelessness that infuse this shy and formidable little play. Theater Review: ?A Slow Air,? by David Harrower, at 59E59 Theaters 2012-04-13T22:51:33Z The layers of selfish deceit and lies unravel coolly and bleakly, drawn with a deadly precision that this production relishes. A week in radio: Harold Pinter's Betrayal 2012-07-19T20:30:02Z The concerto was prefaced with a reflective account of Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony that was often rather beautiful rather than bleakly nihilistic. Britten Sinfonia/MacMillan ? review 2010-10-25T21:00:00Z Even for those of us who like our art films bleakly inscrutable, Kinetta was a tall order. Yorgos Lanthimos, director of The Lobster, on his wild, star-studded life of Queen Anne 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z It could have been a bleakly pale and introverted take on lost love. McGee on music 2010-03-30T14:51:00Z Until very recently, to the average Oasis fan, the words “Liam Gallagher” and “MTV Unplugged” brought to mind one of the more infamous — and bleakly hilarious — episodes in the band’s storied existence. Liam Gallagher Gets His ‘MTV Unplugged’ Moment 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z As he puts it bleakly, “After 14 years, I am still 16 years old.” Review: In ‘Whorl Inside a Loop,’ Inmates Shape Their Stories 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z In “Earth,” the area’s continued expansion is bleakly expressed by a parade of bulldozers and backhoes that, from a distance, appear to be engaged in a perverse, choreographed dance. ‘Earth’ Review: Humanity Is Digging Its Own Grave 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z If they’d all ended as bleakly and nihilistically as the seven Channel 4 episodes had, it could have got boring and predictable as well as unrelentingly despairing. Charlie Brooker: 'Happy? I have my moments' 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z But the book was ultimately acclaimed as one of the most important photographic projects of the 20th century, a radical personalization of the documentary impulse into something haunted, bleakly poetic and daringly unsentimental. Perspective | Robert Frank’s photographs captured the bleak reality we’re still living in today 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z "In the world," Liang concluded bleakly, "there is only power – there is no other force … Hence, if we wish to attain liberty, there is no other road: we can only seek first to be strong." The ruins of empire: Asia's emergence from western imperialism 2012-07-27T07:00:04Z It’s bleakly funny and exciting, but also terrifying in its presentiments of pure evil. What is the best Oscar-winning film of all time? 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The effect, as in such works, is of a place both suffocatingly overcrowded and bleakly isolated. Review: Urban Nightmares as Puppets in ‘The Paper Hat Game’ 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z The final five minutes are bleakly abrupt, like being dropped off a cliff. ‘Babylon’ Review: A Clear View of Black Londoners When Few Films Saw Them 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z It was formed by members of Joy Division after that band’s bleakly charismatic singer and leader, Ian Curtis, committed suicide. Review: New Order, Still a Clockworks of Suppressed Emotion 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z After we emerge from the ice cave to a terrain as bleakly beautiful as a moonscape, a woman — Ms. Biggs — shoots a flare into the sky. Art in Review: JANET BIGGS: ?The Arctic Trilogy? 2011-02-17T23:26:44Z The landscapes and the characters’ lives may be bleakly naturalistic, but the show runs on sleek sensation and pulp romanticism — a palpable, pervading melancholia. ‘Gomorrah’ Review: The End of TV’s Sleekest Italian Import 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z At one point, bleakly, James adds: “I don’t think time heals this one. It just gets worse.” 'Secrets will eat you up' – inside the shocking Michael Jackson documentary 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z The words are spoken, but they might be the theme song of this bleakly enchanting show. Review: In ‘Good Samaritans,’ They Sing and Dance, but This Isn’t ‘La La Land’ 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z The work of novelist Hilary Mantel is “bleakly comic; her dominant subject the oppression of the weak by the strong, the claustrophobia with which circumstance can close around a person.” Review | Olivia Laing’s ‘Funny Weather’ ponders the role of art during times of crisis 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z We overhear news about the housing market collapse, then cut to the Beneke building’s external surroundings, presented more bleakly now. Four years later, “Breaking Bad” remains the boldest indictment of modern American capitalism in TV history 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z They speak, bleakly, of rising fascism and censorship, of Berlusconi's grip on power, and his idolisation of Thatcher. Tilda Swinton and Luca Guadagnino: a match made in arthouse cinema heaven 2010-04-01T21:30:00Z That production uses the traditional storybook sets of the Norwegian National Opera’s 1963 “Bohème,” but begins with a bleakly modern scene: a hospital room in which a man’s lover has just died of cancer. ‘La Bohème’: Should Opera’s Most Beloved Classic Be Changed? 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z His bleakly poignant portrayal and fearsome singing altered the public perception of the role. Jon Vickers, Opera Star Known for His Raw Power and Intensity, Dies at 88 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z And I’d flee the flimsy mattresses of bleakly impersonal budget hotels and youth hostels and stay with families instead. Frugal Traveler: In Lebanon, in Search of Music, Souks and Home 2011-07-26T18:56:44Z Martindale captures the pragmatic fatigue that surely beset Abzug , a three-term congresswoman familiar with the workings of political machinery and bleakly realistic about the movement's chances to enact real shifts in government and society. In "Mrs. America," Cate Blanchett shines as a frigid firebrand who challenges the feminist movement 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z The title refers to two huge heaps of sulfurous waste from Bakerton’s coal mines, which bleakly signaled prosperity. Review: With ‘Heat and Light,’ Jennifer Haigh Drills Below the Surface 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z However the coroner's report, also on display, is unequivocal: Turing had consumed the equivalent of a wine glass of poison and the form records bleakly "the brain smelled of bitter almonds". Alan Turing: the short, brilliant life and tragic death of an enigma 2012-06-20T16:48:51Z Tim Crouch, the man in the tatty underwear and the author and solo performer of “I, Malvolio,” squints bleakly into our midst. Theater Review: Tim Crouch’s ‘I, Malvolio,’ at the Duke on 42nd Street 2013-01-15T23:15:07Z Behind him unfold bleakly stylish films of unfurling clouds, tongues of flame and what looks like a robot insect. Unsound Adelaide: Lustmord, Demdike Stare, Pole, Ben Frost - review 2013-03-17T07:50:00Z Passer, however, found it hard to get films off the ground in the ensuing decades, as his brand of bleakly bittersweet comedy found less fertile territory. Czech new wave director Ivan Passer dies aged 86 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z They include presenting the staged production of Ligeti’s bleakly satirical modernist opera “Le Grand Macabre,” a risky venture that proved a triumph in three performances two weeks ago. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Performs at Avery Fisher Hall 2010-06-11T22:11:00Z This is fiction aimed at readers who find “Downton Abbey” too bleakly realistic. ‘The Improbability of Love’ paints a romantic comedy about the art world 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z For a show aimed at children, this bleakly whimsical import from the Slingsby theater company in Adelaide, Australia, seems unusually comfortable with sorrow. | 'The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy': An Orphan?s Adventures, Ripe for the Telling 2011-05-02T21:32:52Z As Zhenia becomes a community fixture, the lives of his alienated clients unfold in a series of vignettes, at turns bleakly somber, but also cheeky. ‘Never Gonna Snow Again’ Review: You’re Getting Warmer 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z More bleakly, in Mandi III from 2003, a train station clock with its numbers removed clicks around in an endless void where there are no longer any arrivals and departures. Artist of the week 105: Kris Martin 2010-09-16T11:03:00Z The dark secret hidden by Charlie and his various handlers dominates the final, melodramatic scenes, when Charlie ruminates bleakly, "This whole movie thing is a murder of the people." Review: Fame cuts both ways in 'The Big Knife' 2013-04-17T03:16:04Z The story kicks off in the aftermath of Star’s suicide attempt, the film’s tone at once bleakly clinical and deadpan absurd. ‘Queens of the Qing Dynasty’ Review: Secret Soul Mates 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z It is a grim joy, yes, but one that feels true to its moment, one that we need, and one that readers of this bleakly elegant collection will find themselves savoring. Review | Louise Glück’s first collection since her Nobel gracefully captures our fragility 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Yet here, with a terrific cast, an imaginative director and a dynamic young conductor, this bleakly comic suburban family drama came across as Bernstein’s most personal and affecting work. Critic?s Notebook: Move From Lincoln Center Could Fortify City Opera?s Identity 2011-05-22T17:13:34Z Here is “2002,” one of the bleakly comic poems he wrote in anticipation of that moment: Mark Strand’s Last Waltz 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z “Don’t Forget the Driver” gets to you, in large part, through its bleakly lyrical depiction of the fading, but in its way still lovely, seaside milieu of Bognor Regis. Review: ‘Don’t Forget the Driver’ Is a Comedy for Our Moment 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z The early episodes are beautifully filmed and deceptively modern, with dark, rainy landscapes and bleakly realistic sets that make 1630 Paris look a little like the streets of “Deadwood.” A New Version of ‘The Musketeers,’ on BBC America 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z Johan Engels’s two-level set, with the ship above and the camp below — bleakly characterized by railroad tracks and wooden bunks — facilitated the shift in action from one to the other. Review: 'The Passenger' Gets Long Awaited Full Staging at Bregenz Festival 2010-08-03T14:00:00Z On a summer day in postwar London, Nathaniel and Rachel, both teenagers, listen bleakly as their parents announce that they are leaving for Singapore on business, without them. Review | ‘Warlight’ is a quiet new masterpiece from Michael Ondaatje 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Which is another way of saying that Ms. Antopol’s stories can be bleakly funny. Books of The Times: Molly Antopol Looks to Old World in ‘UnAmericans’ 2014-03-18T19:56:45Z Each of the 63 images is a variation on a single object: a small, crumpled glassine bag stamped with an often exotic or bleakly satirical brand name. Heroin baggies: killer branding 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Damon Galgut, “The Promise”: This year’s Booker Prize winner is a bleakly funny portrait of a white family confronting the seismic rumbles of a changing South Africa. Damon Galgut Wins Booker Prize for ‘The Promise’ 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Michôd's first film since "Animal Kingdom," this impressive, bleakly futuristic thriller features Guy Pearce as a man ferociously determined to get his stolen car back and Robert Pattinson as someone dragged along in his wake. Cannes 2014 departs, leaving strong emotions in its wake 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z “Girls” may be the millennial generation’s rebuttal to “Sex and the City,” but the first season was at times as cruelly insightful and bleakly funny as “Louie” on FX or “Curb Your Enthusiasm” on HBO. The TV Watch: Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ Returns to HBO 2013-01-10T19:50:36Z They come not to marvel at the barren and bleakly beautiful landscapes, the elaborately constructed dry stone walls, or even the astonishing semi-circular prehistoric fort of Dún Aonghasa, perched on a 300ft-high sheer cliff. 10 of Europe’s oddest attractions and events 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z While he struggles financially, he hones his craft in the bleakly lit city — on buses, during factory lunch breaks, in front of the mirror. What’s on TV Thursday: N.B.A. Finals and ‘A Bronx Tale’ 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z But at its worst, it can feel self-destructive – the Mail’s Liz Jones has written bleakly about how mining her life for material destroyed relationships – and self-absorbed. Bridget Jones: how to turn a female character into half a billion dollars 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z This may seem like a familiar story, but the way that “Bitter Lake” tells it, the history comes alive as a series of bleakly comic confusions and misconceptions. The Documentary “Bitter Lake” Remixes the BBC 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Many of the early photographs here recall Walker Evans's vernacular gaze or Robert Frank's bleakly poetic vision of the other – sadder, poorer, stranger – America. Memphis greys 2010-12-03T12:22:00Z In her wrenching, austere, bleakly comic works, the world — interior and exterior — is always, already burning. Review: ‘Crave’ Is a Timely Ticket for a World on Fire 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Above all, this is an original and bleakly funny portrait of grief. “Darke”, an unforgettable figure 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z To see not just the new-music crowd but also older Philharmonic subscribers laughing at this bleakly satirical, complex modern opera was, well, something I thought I would never see. Emboldened Orchestras Embracing the New Music 2011-12-09T17:01:08Z In a 1945 essay, he bleakly concluded about such beliefs: “To attempt to counter them with facts and statistics is useless.” Review | How the world of ‘1984’ haunts our present 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Based on a Goethe poem, the work starts bleakly, the soloist singing of rueful isolation over morose low strings. Music Review: Brahms for the Schumanns 2010-10-14T20:55:00Z "Because of my lack of memories, I may as well have been born in Australia when I was 11 years old," he says, bleakly. Child migrants: 'I didn't belong to anybody' 2011-04-07T19:30:00Z But images supply even finer poetry in this bleakly beautiful film. Review: ‘Tired Moonlight’ Quietly Paints a Picture of Small-Town Life 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z There will be a quest of some kind — pursuit of “the darker mysteries of the self” — that might lead to a ritual of some sort and, often, a bleakly comic interlude. The Kathleen Collins Revival Continues With ‘Notes From a Black Woman’s Diary’ 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Krasinski plops into his Martine infatuation like a poodle in a puddle — bleakly aware of how dirty he must look, yet helpless to shake it off. Nobody Walks: Sex, Love, Bugs and (Kind of) Lena Dunham 2012-10-18T12:00:54Z When she wants to be, Burns is bleakly funny. ‘Milkman’ Slogs Through Political and Cultural Tensions in Northern Ireland 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z An ambitious new adaptation of this bleakly funny play looks to tease out its essence by stripping it down to its barest elements. Review: Andrew Scott Plays Every Part in ‘Vanya.’ Why? 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Enjoy it for the bleakly beautiful mountains and the stark lava deserts. Movies 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Although the dances choreographed for Act IV in 1895 by Lev Ivanov, in many ways still the most satisfying version, are the ballet’s most restrained, this very simplicity becomes bleakly eloquent. Dance Review: The Enduring Mysteries of a Swan Queen and the Maidens Who Share Her Fate 2011-06-28T21:55:07Z ‘PROVING UP’ The composer Missy Mazzoli and the librettist Royce Vavrek’s follow-up to their bleakly beautiful “Breaking the Waves” is also gloomy, based on a short story about Nebraska homesteaders after the Civil War. Classical Fall Preview: Debuts, Premieres, a New Philharmonic Maestro 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Amis is a Londoner, a London writer – his antagonistic, contemptuous, bleakly funny, lots of grubby topsoil obscuring beauty for those patient enough to root. Martin Amis: a new chapter in America 2012-06-02T23:04:03Z Here, a terrorist attack in another country becomes a sound bite at an American pop star’s news conference and, like clockwork, fuels a scandal, a bleakly familiar transformation of news into a show. ‘Vox Lux’ Review: An Apocalyptic Star Is Born 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The whole section is so bleakly Jacobean that it demands to be read in one tense sitting. A vivid return to the O.K. Corral in Mary Doria Russell’s novel ‘Epitaph’ 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z “Louie,” is just as bleakly satiric, perhaps more so, but in a less forced format. | 'Louie': Louis C.K.?s New Comedy on FX 2010-06-28T22:37:00Z Nearly as central to the show’s appeal is its evocation of the harsh, bleakly beautiful landscape of Western Australia. Review: A Classic Western Sheriff on the Other Side of the World 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z They've lively, imaginative, richly scored and full of some of the weirdest, most bleakly outrageous humor in the Looney Tune canon. It's time to release Looney Tunes' racist cartoons 2010-10-15T20:01:00Z With its stark Appalachian setting, piercing language and coolly ferocious title character, “Serena” was a big book filled with bleakly beautiful details. Books of The Times: Rural Pride and Poverty and a Hen?s Empty Nest 2010-03-08T08:48:00Z Its second season finale was one of most moving, horrifying, bleakly funny hours of TV in a very long time. 2011's best -- so far! 2011-07-04T15:01:00Z Quartet is not bleakly comic like Ending Up, Kingsley Amis's bitter tale of a tight group of old folk going to pieces in one another's isolated company. Quartet – review 2013-01-06T00:08:41Z In some ways, it is a bleakly familiar story of a troubled department struggling — and failing and struggling — to right its wrongs. Review: ‘The Force’ Follows the Oakland Police From Crisis to Crisis 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z And given the bleakly vengeful conclusion of her provocative debut, it’s safe to say that things get quite a bit bumpier at Saltburn than they ever did at Downton Abbey. Emerald Fennell on ‘Saltburn,’ class and Barry Keoghan: Fall Movie Preview 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Black Britons continue to have more poverty and worse health than their white compatriots, a gap bleakly exposed by higher death rates in the COVID-19 pandemic. Britain marks the Windrush anniversary with the story of its Caribbean community still being written 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z The British writer Martin Amis, known for his caustic, erudite and bleakly comic novels, has died at 73. Your Monday Briefing 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z In keeping with the series’ bleakly cheeky tone, Sunday’s episode — the third of the series’ fourth and final season — is titled “Connor’s Wedding,” the event for which it will least be remembered. Analysis | On ‘Succession,’ weddings never go off without a hitch 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Its rewards — such as they are, in this bleakly depressing thought exercise — will depend entirely on your appreciation of its star. Review | ‘Inside’: A gilded cage, with only art for company 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z She bleakly wondered whether any children would ever return to the day care, and what the killing of the others will mean for the township of about 1,900 households. Thai town struggles with sudden loss of so many of its young 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z After it came out, the Chicago-based Negro Digest reprinted an article by journalist Margaret Leonard Long, a White Georgian, who lambasted the perceived fad of Black writers bleakly exposing the South. How a trip to D.C. helped James Baldwin affirm his Southern identity 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Best series send-off: “Black-ish” ended its groundbreaking eight-season run in April, and it’s probably going to come up short at the Emmys — bleakly fitting, given that the comedy has amassed 24 nominations, winning only once. Emmys 2022: A close look at the races for comedy and drama series 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z The report examined a type of violence that has become a bleakly consistent feature of American life. ‘Active shooter’ attacks in 2021 doubled over recent years, FBI says 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z While it’s a lot of action for a single day, “On the Count of Three” is a fairly simple, resonant story about the power of friendship, rendered with bleakly absurdist humor. Review: Jerrod Carmichael makes a confident directing debut with 'On the Count of Three' 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z To New Englanders, and likely to many across the country in the coming days and weeks, this recent pattern has been bleakly familiar — and extremely frustrating. The U.S. Faces Another Covid Christmas as Omicron Fuels a Rise in Cases 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z “The sea and the earth are unfaithful to their children,” Joseph Conrad wrote, bleakly but all too realistically. Opinion | Fred Hiatt deserves to be remembered long after he is gone 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Out on the Bolshoi Kamenny Bridge on a recent day, the two protesters spoke bleakly of the election outcome and its meaning for the opposition, but also kept their distance from each other. Navalny to the Russian Opposition: ‘Be Discouraged, a Little Bit’ 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Williams is at her most bleakly humorous in these pages. Review: Joy Williams' first novel in decades is an astonishing end-times parable 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z "They're trying to decapitate the leaders of a social movement and remove any possibility of a new tsunami of social uprising", scar René Vargas says bleakly. Nicaragua's fragile leader and his ruthless crackdown on rivals 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Israel, he bleakly predicted, would bomb more Gaza high-rises, and Palestinian militants would aim rockets at Tel Aviv, with “no one around to break the cycle.” In slide toward all-out combat, Israel and Gaza militants trade blows, bombardment 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z That road back from devastation is bolstered by bleakly poetic imagery suggestive of an eye fixed and unblinking, almost hypnotized, but also perhaps ready to be coaxed into looking anew. Review: 'Atlantis' discovers optimism deep in the darkness of dystopia 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z On the bleakly emotional Back in the Day, she reflects on moving forwards from complicated relationships, while the ferocious closer Trophy asserts success is the best form of revenge. 'I'm an alchemist': Nova, the unknown MC with the Scottish album of the year 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z I used to ask questions like this all the time, bleakly setting each small policy idea or local initiative against the towering enormity of the problem it confronted. The Tenants Who Evicted Their Landlord 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z The footage captured what experts say is a bleakly familiar incident and outcome, involving police called about someone in crisis and responding with a sudden burst of force. Police use of force on ex-Trump campaign manager familiar during crisis calls, experts say 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The footage captured what experts say is a bleakly familiar incident and outcome, involving police called about someone in crisis and responding with a sudden burst of force. Parscale police video shows familiar force, experts say 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The upshot of all this is bleakly predictable. Why we need sharks: the true nature of the ocean's 'monstrous villains' 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z His tirade, and the fact that no one in the restaurant said a word, felt bleakly appropriate. China Post-Coronavirus: Signs of Life, Censorship and Paranoia 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z But they warn, bleakly, that it will rise. Capital by capital, coronavirus shuts Europe down 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z The scene is horrifying but also, in context, bleakly comic, reflecting both Pereyra’s brutality and the callowness of bourgeois youth. Review: K. Ferrari's Argentine social noir is both existential and electric 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Newspapers bleakly stated there were no family members to greet his coffin when it returned to the UK - or even at the station on Anglesey ahead of a strictly private funeral. A tiara, scandals and 'erased queer history' 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z With barely hushed panic, she makes her well-planned nighttime escape from his bleakly modernist seaside house while the sound of waves pummeling the northern California shoreline thunder around her. Film Review: ‘Invisible Man’ is a cunning if empty remake 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z This is the waking nightmare of American journalism as captured by Steven Leigh Morris in his bleakly humorous “Red Ink,” being introduced by Playwrights’ Arena in Atwater Village. Review: The collapse of journalism, live onstage. 'Red Ink' flows in Atwater 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z The waking nightmare of journalists across America is given bleakly humorous expression in Steven Leigh Morris’ new play, in which shifting realities are a vivid metaphor for media’s changing circumstances. Theater in L.A. this week: 'Never Not Once,' 'Fun Home' and more 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Spree also puts forward a bleakly amoral vision of the internet economy. Spree is a screen-style dark comedy with lots of murders 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z “No individual is to blame,” he added bleakly: “The system let everyone down.” Afghanistan papers detail US dysfunction: 'We did not know what we were doing' 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Her big mistake, she said bleakly, was to tell Epstein and his girlfriend the story of her damaged childhood: “Now they knew how vulnerable I was.” Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell owe it to their accusers to appear in court | Gaby Hinsliff 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Philosophical debates turn violent, and a whodunit slowly emerges from what amounts to a bleakly beautiful stage play. Perspective | The definitive ranking of Quentin Tarantino films, from worst to best 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Yet Clairo finishes the song with a bleakly comic flourish: “You know I’ll be all right / Eighth grade was never that tight.” On impressive debut, Clairo broadens her bedroom pop while still brooding over love 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z “Dawn Chorus” features prominently in Anderson’s movie, which follows Yorke through a bleakly futuristic cityscape as he tries to return a missing bag to its owner. Review: Thom Yorke finds dread beneath the glamour of ‘Anima’ 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z In May, New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet bleakly predicted the demise of “most local newspapers in America” within five years, except for ones bought by billionaires. New England newspaper owner fights to save local journalism 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z He concluded bleakly: “I inherited a party in ruins. The next leader may find even less.” ‘A zombie party’: the deepening crisis of conservatism 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z He recalled bleakly humorous incidents from his past in National Action. The Undercover Fascist 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z The culmination of their journey, however, is simply a second opportunity to look at a bleakly lovely vista. Review | Robert Pattinson’s outer-space drama ‘High Life’ is fascinating yet frustrating 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, as the bleakly hilarious account Boyfriends of Instagram shows, the men in their lives are reduced to stage-hands and photographers in the fashion spreads of girlfriends’ lives. Instagram is stripping its devotees of their basic humanity | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The digital content editor says her PMS was "ridiculous", leaving her feeling bleakly depressed and "irrational to new levels". 'PMS shouldn't be shrugged off' 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Her new sonnet, The Wound in Time, bleakly commemorating the armistice, is already available for this purpose. Wanted: one royal versifier – an interest in trees and homeopathy an advantage | Catherine Bennett 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z It’s not that the protagonist of this smart, bleakly comedic film hasn’t done things that need forgiving, it’s that indications are she’s serenely indifferent as to whether you forgive her or not. Review: Melissa McCarthy turns a malcontent into fascinating company in 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' - Los Angeles Times Appearing in the magazine’s October issue, it is bleakly titled “Exile.” Opinion | The Shame of the MeToo Men 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z She laughs once, bleakly, then feels her way back to the dead end and leans against it, head bent, eyes closed. Failsafes 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z When I interviewed Wayne Macauley for my book The Writers Room, about the often bleakly funny version of Australia to be found in his fiction, I asked him, “Have you ever been idealistic?” In these dark times, embracing laughter is an ethical choice | Charlotte Wood 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z Accounts are sketchy, but a surgery this month didn’t end well, leaving him in what reports bleakly call a grave condition. A Workaholic Saved Chrysler 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z He slips in a “super-depressing fact of the week” in every episode and sometimes offers a bleakly political edge. America, 2018: If they win this game show, young people can have their student debt paid off 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Kelly used to leave the office every day joking bleakly that he’d never come back. John Kelly, Scott Pruitt, and the Epic Turnover of the Trump Administration 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z As with much of Beckett’s writing, “OK, Mr Field” is often bleakly comic. A startling debut novel from a South African poet 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Noah, he told me once with a bleakly impish gleam, would never live by himself or even take care of himself, "but I still hope that someday he can run a major studio." Film critic Kenneth Turan remembers Josh Greenfeld, a screenwriter who taught him about life 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z This new, less dilatory mode doesn’t ask to be understood, but haunts us with a bleakly dead-on, diffident humor about the pain of being alive. Read Any Antisocial Novels Lately? 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Homeless encampments are bleakly familiar fixtures in cities. A homeless camp in our backyard? Please, Seattle Pacific University says 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Screeds of further studies, papers and parliamentary inquiries have warned, bleakly, of a “looming crisis”, of a “tale of decay, disrepair and dilapidation”. 'A tale of decay': the Houses of Parliament are falling down 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z “In some ways, it is a bleakly familiar story of a troubled department struggling — and failing and struggling — to right its wrongs.” 9 movies open Oct. 6; our reviewers weigh in 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Mr De Graaf is known in professional circles for his bleakly humorous lectures on architecture as a social act. When architectural idealism meets reality 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z When asked about his hopes for a happy and fulfilled future, Adam bleakly says: "I don't know." The young paedophiles who say they don’t abuse children - BBC News 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z She looks bleakly into the distance and says for the second time: "I lost everything." Sierra Leone mudslide: How survivors lost everything - BBC News 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z There’s loneliness and tragedy in your stories and yet they’re also bleakly comic. Joshua Ferris: ‘Good fiction is a recapitulation of a dream’ 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z “It’s as if you gave me the keys to your apartment and, suddenly, I’m saying, ‘The apartment is mine,’ ” Hamilton told me, bleakly, last fall. What Makes a Parent? 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z There was a time when I wondered bleakly if Donald Trump may be exempt from this philosophical precept. In Donald Trump’s fantasy world, hints of reality are dawning | Matthew d’Ancona 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z A bleakly funny insider’s perspective on the motion picture business. Top 10 Hollywood novels 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z It was hard to tell if Trump was bleakly joking or simply working from an invisible set of alternative facts. The Rejection of Andy Puzder 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z The violence of the time and its impact on the landscape is also bleakly suggestive of George RR Martin’s books, which HBO turned into the hit TV series Game of Thrones. Family feuds, war and bloodshed – England’s medieval Game of Thrones 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z And in Iraq, a man who had risked his life working on behalf of the U.S. government bleakly wondered about his future and that of his wife and three children. Amid protests and confusion, Trump defends executive order: ‘This is not a Muslim ban’ 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z That they do — more than two years after the leg’s amputation — is a stroke of what Kuncl bleakly described as “my ironic luck.” Amputee’s retrieved leg plays key part in VA malpractice suit 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Few conflicts in the modern era have been as bleakly apocalyptic or as globally destabilizing as Syria’s, and its consequences will be felt widely for decades to come. All Roads Lead to Aleppo 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z “There used to be a lot more middle-class jobs,” said Clyde bleakly, another concrete ladler. What’s going on 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Another randomly acquired name is that of Soweto, the bleak city on the edge of Johannesburg that grew, equally bleakly, out of the English acronym for south-western townships. War, persecution and ego: how do cities get their names? 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z A fellow student read her work, and Corso responded: “Where’s your universality?” he laughs bleakly at the so-called universality of white male experience. Turned down 18 times. Then Paul Beatty won the Booker … 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z This Dylan is clanging and vulgar, neon and plastic and, at the same time, blackly, bleakly romantic. Women on Bob Dylan 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z A report from Nationwide this week rather bleakly talks of the "University of Austerity" for parents, saying some are pushed into debt, with estimates of costs of £2,500 per year. Starting university: What to bring, who to avoid - BBC News 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z “Indignation” tells a very particular story, one that’s bittersweet, heartbreaking and bleakly comic all at once, and it gets it right. Philip Roth's 29th novel gets a stellar adaptation with 'Indignation' 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z "The next generation doesn't stand a chance," he says bleakly. How China's trawlers are emptying Guinea's oceans - BBC News 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z He hails from Longview, Texas, and we are talking in a cafe in the bleakly industrial Gulf coast town of Port Arthur, some 5,000 miles from Westminster. 'Why not Texit?': Texas nationalists look to the Brexit vote for inspiration 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z What unfolds, beyond the hectoring about American greed, is a bleakly intelligent satire looking for bleakly intelligent viewers. Jodie Foster’s gripping, bitterly funny Money Monster is more than it seems 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z A trail of former officers bleakly confirmed the farce behind the switch: a bullying prank played on a probationary constable by officers in Mole’s division the previous October. Hillsborough disaster: deadly mistakes and lies that lasted decades 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z “Surfers,” he claims, “hope bleakly that surfing will one day become, like rollerblading, uncool.” Enter surfing’s secret garden and get ready for the ride of your life | Richard Williams 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z But she has a bleakly realistic idea of how political compromise happens, and how little it has to do with human feeling. HBO’s Confirmation looks for the real villains in the Anita Hill hearings 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z It’s a familiar tale, but beautifully told, McCready playing with the lightness of Little Wing-era Hendrix, picking out the descending melody as Vedder marvels bleakly at “how quick the sun can drop away”. Pearl Jam – 10 of the best 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z In “Backer,” a bleakly hilarious clip, featuring none of his music whatsoever, DeMarco impersonates a depressed loser from Edmonton who guides cars into parking spots for a living. 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z But after an absorbing opening, Hodge’s script takes a disappointingly simplistic tact, tracing a bleakly kooky hypothetical to its foreseeable extreme. ‘Collaborators’: Spooky Action Theater spins a semi-absurdist tale 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z One winter afternoon, not long after the incident at the boys’ school, Azizeh nursed a cup of tea and talked bleakly of the family’s future. Why Is It So Difficult for Syrian Refugees to Get Into the U.S.? 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Tamir Rice’s death was the most bleakly unextraordinary of policing errors, one whose frequency suggests it requires factors no more unusual than the presence of an excitable officer and a black male. How the ‘Perfect Storm’ Became the Perfect Cop-Out 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z As the children were questioned, they squirmed or stared bleakly at the floor. To Catch a Rapist 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The society accused him of “intellectual dishonesty”, and its members attacked him online, an unpleasant, but also, perhaps, a bleakly satisfying experience: the incident foreshadowed the themes of Franzen’s new novel. Jonathan Franzen interview: ‘There is no way to make myself not male' 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z In Mexican street music, the exuberant melodies overlie bleakly funny lyrics about loneliness, depression and self-pity. Girlfriend in a conga 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The bleakly comic story of a dismal Hungarian town whose drunken inhabitants are taken in by a visitor who may be the devil, it was not released in English until Szirtes’ 2012 translation. Man International Booker prize 2015 won by 'visionary' László Krasznahorkai 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Gorgeously art-directed, from the film’s souped-up unfunny cars to the tribal costumes and make-up to the bleakly breathtaking cinematography of the Namibian desert, it’s a case of style triumphantly squashing substance. ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ review: Baby, it was born to run 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z What follows bleakly and tragically proves that it does. Review: Despite its star power, ‘Serena’ has no spark 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z We've been here before, as a sad paper trail of this columnist's work so bleakly illustrates: Newest NFL-in-L.A. story would be groundbreaking, if ground was broken 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z This retro-futuristic aesthetic is evocative and convincing, placing us directly into Scott’s vision of a bleakly industrial space environment. Alien: Isolation review – Giger's creature gets the game it deserves 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z The authors concluded bleakly, “The amount of nutrition education that medical students receive continues to be inadequate.” Is Weight-Loss Advice from Dr. Oz Trustworthy? 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Other customers asked not to be named when sharing their pessimism—one pensioner, who in 2009 bought with his wife, joked bleakly that he had bought his final home. Spain's Empty Housing Project Valdeluz As for the reaction of Afghan army officers, reports suggest they are bleakly pessimistic. Clock-watching 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z BEIJING—A United Nations report that bleakly details widespread human rights abuses in North Korea is putting China in an uncomfortable position over its close ties to its isolated neighbor. U.N. North Korea Report Puts China in Uncomfortable Position 2014-02-18T12:28:55Z In sum, the root question for this reform programme is bleakly obvious: which way is up? The BBC must lay the ghost of Birt's broadcasting corporation 2012-12-23T00:08:13Z Whether that bleakly comic episode represented Scotland's biggest self-inflicted World Cup wound of the 1950s is a moot point. Self-sabotage and self-hate: Scotland's relationship with success 2012-11-14T09:20:33Z It's bleakly ironic that German Chancellor Angela Merkel was greeted in Athens recently with swastika banners carried by angry Greeks protesting at what they see as German interference in their country. The dark charisma of Hitler 2012-11-12T00:30:13Z But when Mr. Uhrik moved his business here in 1983, the area was bleakly industrial, and the block where the shop shares a sprawling 19th-century brick building with two pipe organ businesses remains somewhat forlorn. | Gowanus: Retrofret in Gowanus, Brooklyn, Sells Rare Guitars 2012-11-11T04:37:10Z "I can pretend I'm in Sex And The City," says Cherry, as the caffeinated City boy stares bleakly at his Blackberry. TV highlights 18/07/2012 2012-07-17T18:59:00Z Fluorescent light, yellow and muted, gleamed bleakly from 100 windows. Egypt ponders health of Mubarak and democracy 2012-06-21T11:53:43Z I was anxious that the mehari should not fall dead until I had finished making use of it: therefore I was glad to see it staring bleakly through the window, hour after hour. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z I don't know,” says Sir Richard bleakly, in reply to a pertinent question of the Jew's. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The bleakly inhospitable hotel was a refuge for international communists seeking asylum, particularly Germans fleeing Hitler. Stalin Cavorts With Hitler in Communist Spoof ‘Hotel Lux’: Film 2011-11-02T03:54:42Z It tells the bleakly comical story of June Buckridge, an actress who plays a beloved district nurse in a BBC radio soap opera. Beatles’ Seedy Debut, Miss Vanessa, Lesbian Love: London Stage 2011-10-13T23:23:18Z "I know when I'm licked," said Fraser bleakly; "I'm getting out of town as soon as I finish those courses I'm signed up for." Sentiment, Inc. 2011-10-09T02:00:23.850Z As the storm-wind blows bleakly from the norland, As the snow-wind beats blindly on the moorland, As the simoom drives hot across the desert, As the thunder roars deep in the Unmeasured. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z That's not to say that the bleakly gorgeous cinematography, supernatural acting, and perfectly calibrated plot engineering aren't reasons enough to revel in the show. Breaking Bad Watch: Doing Stuff and Nothing Happens 2011-08-26T16:40:00Z Using long takes and fluid, precise camera work, Naranjo fashions a highly original thriller: an anguished and harrowing mood piece with an undertow of bleakly absurdist humor and moments of heart-stopping action. ArtsBeat Blog: 'The Descendants,' With George Clooney, Will Close New York Film Festival 2011-08-17T16:29:17Z She says bleakly: "We can't survive this crisis," and adds that she is afraid there is a plan to destroy Greece's public health system. Greece's healthcare system is on the brink of catastrophe 2011-08-05T21:00:02Z It would have been far better, he thought bleakly, if he had never come to Bennett's Farm and probably it would be better if he left now. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z Mopping his brow with a folded white linen napkin, Fuchs turns to his right to stare bleakly out a window. Trapped in Tbilisi 2011-02-24T22:00:00Z In it, Mr. Chen’s wife, Yuan Weijing, bleakly described the strictures of their existence: men peer through their windows or barge in unannounced; at night, an iron rod keeps them locked indoors. China Expands Extrajudicial Methods Against Dissidents 2011-02-18T04:48:28Z On his bleakly deterministic interpretation of our lives, it is not too clear why we should want that. Why the West Rules ? For Now by Ian Morris ? review 2011-01-30T00:05:08Z The man smiled bleakly, a smile that did not reach his cold gray eyes, as Sally took the nearby chair that he indicated. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z The laurels have either grown inordinately or perished, and the ‘busts of orators, poets, and philosophers’ ‘with Latin inscriptions,’ stand either bleakly exposed or else swallowed up, in a thicket. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z Then her sleek, prosperous, arrogant city lover stepped suddenly forward where the yellow light struck bleakly across his shrewd, small eyes and his thin, relentless mouth. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z We shouldn't be too quick to give the cold-blooded, bleakly impersonal world of computerised interaction a bad name. Robots should do useful jobs 2010-08-12T07:59:00Z And they shouldn’t condemn their children to a lifetime of bleakly repeating that, no, the name in question is spelled “Shaiyahne,” not “Cheyenne.” | Brittney, Brittny, Brittneigh 2010-05-07T19:17:00Z He smiled, a little bleakly, and cleared his throat. The Valiants of Virginia The giant walls of Albategnius the center of the moon's visible disk towered bleakly up around ... everywhere ... lifelessness, just broken rock ... no water to erode. By Earthlight With the sensation of an unbroken miracle, you found your way again to the little Massachusetts sea town, along the peaceful village walk to the big brown house that turned so bleakly to the street. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z Then he went on to give instructions about chapels and roll-calls and dining in hall and the various regulations of the college, while the Swiss mountains stared bleakly down at the chilly interview. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Out in the open air, with the rainy night wind blowing bleakly, Tom lifted his hat to let the cold blast cool his hot face. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir The survivors stared bleakly and blankly at each other, like survivors after Judgment Day or the destruction of the world. Red Nails The Squadron Leader was scowling bleakly as he moved up to the desk. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. About half-past seven we dropped anchor in the “roads” outside our promised port; on all sides bleakly lapping and passing the pea-soup waters of the River Plate. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday They knocked again, waited, then stared at each other bleakly. The Golden Skull Then, through long seconds, he stood staring bleakly at the distorted and broken yacht. When the Cock Crows And a dead man, thought Dworn bleakly, needs something to live for, even more than other people do. World of the Drone "I guess it's no use," he said bleakly. Forget Me Nearly Bitterly, cruelly, bleakly he lashes His limbs that are naked of grass and leaves. Song-Surf Regis said bleakly, "It's begun," and dropped out of line to stand in the doorway of a silent dwelling. The Planet Savers The cell was small, bleakly furnished with bunk, toilet and washstand, had a ventilator grille in one wall. The Sensitive Man "Have you," he asked bleakly, "shown that to Whitney?" Old Crow He strode down the aisle of the ship, leaving Dan staring bleakly at an empty seat. Martyr As I approached the House by the Lock I lost sight of the yellow gleam which for some time had guided me, but the moon glinted bleakly on the staring panes of dark, upper windows. The House by the Lock He opened his eyes, and saw, bleakly shadowed, the living room of the Ames house. The Cartels Jungle Only one way to find out, he thought bleakly. The Sensitive Man He stared bleakly at her a moment, then grinned. Lion Loose “That is no matter of congratulation with me,” she said bleakly. Robinetta I had prepared my mind for as numerous rebuffs here, yet in spite of that I felt the bitterness of disappointment settling bleakly down upon me. The House by the Lock He was there poised bleakly for all to see, an unenviable position. Westward with the Prince of Wales Here then James Adolphus Macartney presented himself, and here sat smiling bleakly, glaring through his glass, one eyebrow raised to enclose it safely—and waited for her to give herself away. Love and Lucy Gregory nodded bleakly, sobering at once, and swallowed the pellet. Homesick It was a cold winter's morning, and the wind swept bleakly over the whitened plains. King Philip Makers of History “If she dies I’ll jump in the river,” said the little father, bleakly. What's-His-Name No, the past was not for me; the future faced me, pressed upon me, staring bleakly and cruelly upon our condition. Hurricane Island "Manning!" he yelled, and the man in the center of the room grinned bleakly at him. Empire But as it was I knew, in my inside soul, bleakly, that if Dudley were dead Macartney had killed him,—as only luck had kept him from killing me. The La Chance Mine Mystery They had not remembered that a time must come when Ice would lie white and smooth over all the earth, when the sun would shine bleakly between unending intervals of dim, twilight snow and sleet. The Coming of the Ice The rainy road was bleakly empty without him. Free Air The day before Christmas came bleakly to its end over dingle and fen, and the last gray light died away. The Dragon of Wantley His Tale "Maybe this will do the trick," he announced bleakly. Empire Gradually the storm lightened, the snow changed back into rain, and finally to mist; but up on the heights the clouds still rolled wildly, and through their openings the white drifts bleakly shone. The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range Varde, at Joel’s side, swung his head and looked bleakly at Mark Shore; and one or two of the men murmured. All the Brothers Were Valiant Willis stood, bleakly aware that the loss of an IBC would be minor next to the loss of a Ranger. Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel At their left hand, the lake spread bleakly to the horizon, torn and white under the west wind, and with great billows tumbling on the beach. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest It stood out bleakly against the evening sky, with its pointed cupola thrust upward like a warning finger, with its wooden fence and gate. Stubble The high peaks, gray and streaked with new-fallen snow, shone grandly, bleakly through the firs. The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range As she left for the first-aid cabinet, Houston thought bleakly to himself: Harris was framed. The Penal Cluster Life had dealt but bleakly with her; she had always been in the shadow: small wonder then if her nature was blighted and her view of life soured. The Arbiter A Novel With a strange feeling, the general noticed a solemn old man in black, staring bleakly out the window. The Golden Judge It was too much for Mary Louise's comprehension and she contemplated the fact bleakly. Stubble A young settler drove me home, and I sat bleakly beside him. Land of the Burnt Thigh Miss Ethel responded to that rather bleakly, but asked Laura to come and inspect some china on the kitchen dresser from which she might choose her wedding present. The Privet Hedge The commander was seated bleakly in the hut he had taken as his headquarters, trying to devise a scheme for getting to the mainland, when the deadlock was finally broken. Despoilers of the Golden Empire I wondered bleakly what would happen to the silencer if its mass of heated metal were suddenly plunged into cold water, and what would happen to the commutator. The Car of Destiny There had been heavy rain, and, in short, when day broke bleakly near upon six o'clock, and I caught my first sight of the river from the early train to Coldstream, my fate was evident. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler “I just don’t keep up with progress,” Gusterson said, shaking his head bleakly. The Creature from Cleveland Depths The scrambled horrors scattered throughout the room were, Forrester told himself bleakly, the children. Pagan Passions She was standing by the window, staring down at the gray, distant desert, her eyes as bleakly empty as it. —And Devious the Line of Duty There was the timbered basin of the Klondike bleakly rising to mountains eloquent of death. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Snow shrugged his shoulders and gazed bleakly at the smooth surface of the lagoon, where tiny wavelets danced in the afternoon sun. A Son Of The Sun The outskirts of the town were coming in sight; grey houses bleakly climbing chalky heights. The Daughters of Danaus At the best, three interminable years stretched bleakly between them and marriage; they had to mark time as best they could. Play the Game! The town was considered "picturesque" by citizens of the smaller farm villages standing bleakly where the prairie lanes intersected. The Eagle's Heart Instead of being glad to hear it, he was bitterly, bleakly disappointed, and felt chilled to the heart with cold. A Soldier of the Legion He let go of her hand and lay staring bleakly at the wall. The Colors of Space She produced a comb from a bleakly neat top drawer. Jane Journeys On Aline had not known it was in her to hate any one so bleakly as she hated Barrie MacDonald at this moment; and she hated Somerled too, more than she had hated him last night. The Heather-Moon The wind swept down bleakly from the east, bearing with it the dank odor of frostbitten cauliflower. The Fifth Wheel A Novel The third, clearly one of greater authority, regarded Ross bleakly. The Time Traders He had come under the cliffs which stood tall and bleakly forbidding at the upper end of the lake. Wolf Breed Yet the presage of it passed bleakly over her soul. Franklin Kane She talked constantly of a sense of humour, pitying those not blessed with it, but there were moments when she wondered bleakly if she had it herself. The Heather-Moon It concerns a white house on a hill, and a man who failed so bleakly that few could remember, even directly after his funeral, how shining his successes had been. Winner Take All Kurt began counting again, and Ross had some cold apprehensive moments in which to reflect upon the folly of quick decisions and wonder bleakly why he had not thought things through before he leaped. The Time Traders In Stanton's swollen fingers Cornelia's large, crisp letter rustled not softly like a lady's skirts but bleakly as an ice-storm in December woods. Molly Make-Believe Camari strode into the Conference Room, took his seat at the head of the long table, and stared bleakly at his advisors. The Universe — or Nothing The country, between storms, lay bare and naked, bleakly barren where the winds swept; somber in the valleys, with desolation reigning on the coldly gleaming peaks of the hills and the distant mountains. The Trail Horde The atmosphere of this room was more invitingly domestic than that of any other room in Mrs. Tremont's somewhat bleakly luxurious home. 'Way Down East A Romance of New England Life "Let us hope that works," he commented a little bleakly. The Time Traders Only four of them on their feet now, Dane thought bleakly as he left the cabin. Plague Ship She looked at him bleakly, and he returned her glance with one equally bleak. The Moon out of Reach I might as well make it a three-years' contract," Johnny said, bleakly, "instead of one. The Vehement Flame Loneliness assailed her rather bleakly as she stood with a smiling mouth, gazing from one to the other and trying to gather the gist of their news. Married Life The True Romance It has been done," McNeil remarked bleakly, "hundreds of times by invaders. The Time Traders Over his limp body they stared at one another bleakly. Plague Ship The "occasional trip to London" sounded bleakly in Nan's ears. The Moon out of Reach They turned their heads involuntarily and stared across the fire-scarred mountainside to where Taylor Rock thrust bleakly up into the sky. The Lookout Man "Well, I don't know that she was fond," she responded bleakly, "but when you're as bad off as that, there ain't many things that you can think of." One Man in His Time It was near one in the morning, and we were spinning fast up a valley which showed bleakly in the flying lights of our car. The Princess Passes She wouldn't get out of the way of evil, but bleakly accepted it. Christopher and Columbus The man fixed his eyes upon her; they seemed to glitter bleakly in the moonlight with an expression that made me apprehensive that he would turn them upon me. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians The six-shooter wavered, looking bleakly at one and then another. The Lookout Man They stared bleakly out into the night and no word was spoken. The Man from Brodney's It was patent that she had never heard of me, and she surveyed me bleakly with shrewd black eyes, set close together and as beady and restless as a bird’s. The Red One Truth came to him bleakly, and laid her chill conviction upon him. The War in the Air Otherwise the place is bleakly uninteresting: a wilderness of wind-swept grasses and sinewy weeds waving away from a thin beach ever speckled with drift and decaying things,—worm-riddled timbers, dead porpoises. Chita: a Memory of Last Island The house was so unsheltered, so battered by the wind, so bleakly thrust out into the harsh clearing, that Carol shivered. Main Street The peaks that rift the saffron sheen Of sunset skies In purple loveliness, when seen By nearer eyes, Are bleakly bare. Kansas Women in Literature He glanced leisurely about the brilliant room, then out to the street, bleakly windswept. Fanny Herself It was the last day of November, cool and crackling outside, with a lustreless sun peering bleakly in at the windows. The Beautiful and Damned For we are poor, Mr. Townsend,—we are bleakly, hopelessly poor. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking He was tall and gnarled and ugly, and his eyes were deep-set and bleakly blue. Bad Medicine After she had gone George looked about him bleakly, then on tiptoe crossed the hall and went into his own room, which was filled with twilight. The Magnificent Ambersons Dull dusk was settling bleakly down upon the land, but he could see three or four horsemen just making the first descent from the top. Lonesome Land "Thank you," he responded bleakly; "but I am very busy." Under the Skylights The ground stretched bleakly away on every hand, untenanted by any human soul except herself. The Vision of Desire It was June, and the hills, which would be bleakly forbidding barriers in winter, were now as blithely young as though they had never known the scourging of sleet or the blight of wind. The Call of the Cumberlands He glared bleakly at Mr. Devine, and allowed three words to drop out of him. The Clicking of Cuthbert Now it stood staring bleakly out from its corner with filmed eyes, across the busy square. From a Bench in Our Square Mrs. Copplestone dismissed Dartmoor and Portland as too bleakly situated, but was pleased to approve of Parkhurst in the Isle of Wight—which I rather fancy is a House of Detention for women. The Lost Naval Papers "He doesn't even hate me," she thought, bleakly. The Iron Woman November came in bleakly, with a raw and devastating breath of fatality. The Call of the Cumberlands She was staring bleakly before her over the horses' ears, at the road ahead. Viola Gwyn A wasting breath of humiliation blew bleakly over his soul to think of how he had fallen, to feel that those souls were dearer to God than his. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man For the first time he realized how bleakly lonesome had been his home life, since the death of his father had left him solitary. His Dog He would not speak to her until she spoke to him; and when she spoke to him he would freeze her with his courteous but bleakly aloof indifference. Something New Then her face went bleakly forlorn, hard almost in its helpless pathos. The Valley of the Moon In the night he became bleakly and painfully awake. Soul of a Bishop There were no rugs—the bare floor stretched bleakly into dim corners and was lost. The Street of Seven Stars After awhile he had to descend from the ridge where he found himself standing bleakly revealed against a lowering, slaty sky that dripped rain incessantly. Cabin Fever He was bleakly lonely in the evening, when he dined by himself at the Regency Hotel. Babbitt They looked upon him bleakly and, after trying to appear at ease by examining his chin in the mirror, he gave it up and went out in silence. Babbitt Babbitt and Littlefield still spoke in pontifical periods about motors and the senate, but they kept bleakly away from mention of their families. Babbitt He saw her then as a stranger; he stared bleakly at this plump and fussy woman with the broad bare arms, and wondered how she had ever come here. Babbitt |
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