Sentence examples for bleak figures from inspiring English sources

However, there is hope amid these bleak figures.

Like Modigliani's long, bleak figures, Ms. Spektor's songs are mysterious and idiosyncratic.

The event comes after a wave of bleak figures published by the Ministry of Justice last month revealed a leap in the number of on-the-run inmates in the last year, as well as an increase in deaths in custody and a rise in the number of jails considered to be "of concern".

This is a bleak figure to face when emerging into the industry as a new graduate.

Just three per cent of the population is in elementary school — an astonishingly bleak figure, even in the country that for much of the past decade has had the lowest birth rate on earth.

Either traders will accept the bleak figure as the hit they knew was coming, or the feeble state of the economy will pour fuel on Thursday's slide.

Even if we consider only the most conservative estimates, the future looks bleak (figure 1).

The bleakest figures for Mr. Bush in the entire survey are his job ratings.

But his trademark desolate figures, in bleak, harshly lit interiors, became some of the most instantly recognisable and popular of the past century.

Throughout 2003, the chains reported bleak sales figures, but both Mervyn's and Marshall Field's had sales increases in January and February.

Setting those bleak sales figures aside, Mr. Chambers focused on recent sales trends to support his hopes for better results ahead.