Sentence examples for a bleak area from inspiring English sources

And I like bleakness, because I grew up in a bleak area," he said.

This is still a bleak area for too many new dealers.

Mr Tyson's supporters include Jimmy Wray, Labour MP for a bleak area and a bit of a street-fighter in his youth.

Thirty years ago, the property that makes up the Capital Center District was a bleak area where commuters could park their cars for as little as $3.50 a day.

It is a bleak area with just a bar by the crossroads.

It was a bleak area of economic ruin with little hope of a better life for any child living within its radius.

GAZA, 26 January 2005 - The family of three-year-old Rahma Ibrahim abu Shamas ekes out a miserable existence in a bleak area of the central Gaza Strip known as al-Birka.

And as in Get Carter, which has been referred to a couple of times recently (the "are you naked" exchange over the phone a few minutes ago), we find ourselves on top of a commercial building in a fairly bleak area.