Sentence examples for a bleak but from inspiring English sources

Granta's Pakistan is a bleak but mersmerising one that rages with astounding horrors.

A bleak but joyful first novel about a child's life under the Khmer Rouge.

The Impostor is a bleak but compelling book, set in a time of profound uncertainty.

A bleak but sometimes comic vision of a post-apocalyptic future, handled brilliantly by debut director Miller.

Anderson is a bleak but fair-minded historian, alive to the cynicism and prejudice that decided actions on all sides.

But anyway, he liked the movie -- he calls it a "bleak but mesmerizing piece of filmmaking" -- so what's there to complain about?

It was a bleak place, but the staff was terrific.

Desai conceded that hers was a "bleak" narrative, but it was once bleaker.

The tale ends abruptly, on a bleak note, but a rainstorm delivers a glimmer of hope.

He envisioned a bleak future, but ended on a hopeful note.

It's a bleak future, but some see a glimmer of hope.