Fortunately, it's hard to imagine such bleak circumstances now. (naiaonline.org)
One of his most popular films, The External World, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2010 and Sundance in 2011, is composed of a series of characters — crudely drawn, almost nightmarish — in absurdly bleak circumstances; in one, a crying girl pulls tissues from a box, which yells in pain. (story.californiasunday.com)
Feelings of self - pity for my seemingly bleak circumstances and completely undeserved resentment for my husband filled my head. (verilymag.com)