Sentence examples for bleak acid from inspiring English sources
Mr. Polanski, who was a Jewish child in Krakow when the Germans arrived in September 1939, presents Szpilman's story with bleak, acid humor and with a ruthless objectivity that encompasses both cynicism and compassion.
Prokofiev usually adds a touch of acid to a program, but after Mr. Ruders's bleak score the Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor (Op. 63) seemed an explosion of cheerfulness.
The Scotsman was also positive: "It is far grittier, bleaker (and, occasionally, funnier) than I had expected, and – the acid test – I suspect it would do well even if its author's name weren't JK Rowling".
Gandolfini could play a certain kind of bleak comedy without effort: his screen persona was naturally funny, in an acid way.
But the stories of girls and women in Pakistan being raped, tortured, burned and attacked with acid for daring to say "no" to a forced marriage are bleak and terrible.
Failed transition, bleak future?
