Sentence examples for bleak periods from inspiring English sources

Other than in some particularly bleak periods of John Major's last government and the Blair honeymoon, in which the party's ratings fell into the twenties, the Conservatives have flatlined in the polls since 1993, never escaping the prison of 31%-34% support except during the briefest of blips.

Valentine had preached about how the worst thing a manager can do during bleak periods is suddenly act differently, so he added, "What that contribution will be will be consistent with what I've done as a manager and what these guys have known me to do as a manager".

No one in her family tree has battled bleak periods of self-doubt and punctured self-esteem.

During particularly bleak periods of his illness, he refused to wash his hair or cut his nails.

"It goes through bleak periods or droughts, but I think there's always going to be a type of kids like us, who are looking for something else.

Right after that passing encounter, this reporter bumped into LACMA's modern art curator, Stephanie Barron, who has survived some bleak periods in the museum's history over the last three decades.

It was a bleak period in all our histories.

The moon landings are popularly remembered as a bright spot in a bleak period.

The 421-a housing program was created during a bleak period in the 1970s.

Her boys were coming of age during a particularly bleak period in Baltimore's history.

In a bleak period in the city's history, Hargreaves said the image is one of hope.