Sentence examples for bleak read from inspiring English sources
The phrase "bleak read" is not correct or commonly used in written English
The correct phrase would be "bleak to read" or "bleak reading." It is usually used to describe something that is depressing or gloomy to read. Example: The newspaper's headlines were a bleak read, filled with stories of tragedy and loss.
"Right now, the economic climate for artists in this country looks particularly bleak," read a report in the British newspaper The Guardian, which started a Culture Cuts blog in January to track how the national government's spending cuts are hitting the arts world.
The most disturbing thing about this study (a bleak read, but one that at least you can read: unlike the other academic research I've cited here, this study is available in full from CNN) isn't that victims, or even remorseful aggressors, aren't turning to adults.
But these men are so silent in the assessment of their own lives, and this is such a sad and bleak story, that no matter how delicate the touch and how subtle the undercurrents, it makes for a sad, bleak read.
What accounted for the dramatic change in circumstances between Senator Levin's quite bright portrayal of trends in Afghanistan -- as offered in part to them by General Stanley McChrystal's tour guides -- and McChrystal's own quite bleak read just a few months ago?
Twenty-one months before the next presidential election, the latest polling data makes bleak reading for the President.
Pessimism about the sector was reinforced by weaker-than-expected economic data, including a bleak reading on unemployment on Friday.
To anyone who believes that diversity in education is a compelling goal in itself (like that noted radical Justice Kennedy), it makes for bleak reading.
The results of the world's largest CEO sustainability study make bleak reading with strong evidence that the journey towards business transformation has ground to a halt.
Pitt's tour through hell can make for bleak reading, but the endless dehumanization is always tempered by his improbable love for the country -- and indeed for Islam.
The recent Church of England report – which looked at how young Britons relate to Christianity today – must have made bleak reading for its publishers.
The most recent World Press Freedom Review, published by the International Press Institute, made bleak reading for the continent, noting that at least 14 African journalists lost their lives in connection with their work in 2009.
