The phrase "albeit stark" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to introduce a contrast or concession, often to acknowledge a point while emphasizing a different aspect.
Example: "The landscape was beautiful, albeit stark, in its winter desolation."
Alternatives: "although harsh" or "even if severe".
Taking a role as couture architect rather than decorator, Mr. Simons has shown ball-gown skirts, albeit with stark white blouses, elegant day dresses in paisley patterns and splashes of Picasso.
The most disappointing aspect of the commemorations for enthusiasts – albeit a stark illustration of the lengths Schiller experts have been prepared to go to find out as much as possible about him – is the discovery that the skull that his great friend Goethe displayed on his desk, apparently believing it to be Schiller's, did not belong to him.
Could Microsoft suffer a similar, albeit less stark, fate?
It turns out that many species on their last legs -- or wings or bellies or roots -- somehow find ways to adapt, albeit temporarily, to stark changes in their surroundings.
with 52% of all stops involving black and minority ethnic people -f ar in excess of their proportion in the populationThis problem of the disproportionate treatment of minority ethnic people runs right through the criminal justice system all the way to the prison cell - albeit in less stark terms.
Spring Runway shows presented stark, albeit interesting combination of shoe trends.
By pushing millions, albeit often brutally, from the rolls, welfare reform served to bring into stark relief the true contours of the issues and pathologies surrounding many of these families.
It is easy for us to think of content in stark terms – students comprehend and can articulate the knowledge, or they cannot (albeit this is slightly oversimplified, though the premise holds true for grading).
In stark contrast to Lewinsky, Simpson has spent his entire adult lifetime voluntarily before the media -- albeit in widely varying roles, ranging from square football hero to affable rental-car pitchman to Hollywood "actor" to presumed murderer.
And when Russia invaded the fledgling republic of Georgia on Aug. 8, McCain's strategists saw an opportunity for another stark binary choice — albeit one that abruptly shifted the story line back to the international arena: combat-ready leader versus unready celebrity.
Downey Jr's performance has been so singular that he fully deserves the right to see Stark's Iron Man retired, albeit temporarily.
