Sentences with phrase «little bleak»

I was a little bleak and out - of - sorts about it, especially when I discovered a note from the neighbours snarking about my bloody dog barking all weekend and could I please DO something about it.

We were a little bleak, actually.

I was a little bleak yesterday — hormones — so deciding what to blog about today was tricky because I was completely not in the mood.

With reports of organization issues, major finance concerns, and an increasingly growing list of top executives voluntarily abandoning Faraday Future, things look a little bleak.

However, the reality for those who are looking to get started in trucking is a little bleak in some ways.

(I realize my confirmed travel plans look a little bleak this year.

First, although things may seem a little bleak for you in your situation, you might take a small amount of comfort in knowing that you are not alone.

Supposedly based on Tatum's previous career as a stripper, the story is bland and a little bleak.

If the subject matter is perhaps a little bleak, the fact that it is a silver screen debut for both writer and directly should certainly inspire optimism.

Tonight's premiere looks a little bleak and proceeds a little predictably but this may well be due to the amount of exposition necessary to establish the world Carter and company will be exploring.

It was, to say the least, a little bleak.

There is no doubt that the winter weather can be a little bleak, and at times it is hard to stay motivated, but there is plenty you can do to make your home the perfect winter grotto.

Things are looking a little bleak, but miracles occur.

Even if you're more health nut than sweet tooth, a life without dessert starts to feel a little bleak — saying no to birthday cakes or rainy day cookies and tea.

Between hurricanes, wildfires and the political uncertainty everywhere, the world has looked a little bleak lately.

Things might look a little bleak, but this is an opportunity to evolve.

After four Cup Final appearances in three years between 1978 and 1980, things had become a little bleaker for Arsenal.

But when it comes to employment prospects in the 21st century... it's certainly not hopeless, but the job horizon looks a little bleaker than it used to in a lot of ways.

Things look a little bleaker for Loki, Heimdall, and Gamora because their deaths weren't the result of the Infinity Gauntlet.

London just looks like it's been caught on a bad day — a little shabbier than usual, a little bleaker.

Not exact matches

It may seem bleak for the large group of people who have little...

It may seem bleak for the large group of people who have little in the way of retirement savings but all is not lost.

With no transcendence and with things as they are, there is little left except bleak pessimism.

Community will return, but they have seen fit to toss this little table scrap our way in the midst of the bleak desert of the show's indefinite hiatus: an interactive Halloween video that allows you to cobble together clips of past Halloween videos.

As a paid - up member of WAUS, I think I have now heard «In the Bleak Midwinter,» «Little Drummer Boy,» and «Adeste Fideles» in English and in Latin, at least forty times in the past fortnight.

In the back reaches of my mind I often encounter Little Dorritt, Little Nell, Pip, Little Em» ly; I hear Little Jo of Bleak House repeating the Lord's Prayer as he lies dying; and I see David Copperfield walking anxiously up the path to Betsy Trotwood's cottage toward hope.

It was a bleak world, with no wonder, no enticing mystery, no great expectations and precious little hope.

We all know winters can get cold and bleak, so you'll be surprised what a little zest and pizzaz can do for the winter blues.

The colors (and the delicate fragrances) change subtly with the seasons: there are the greens, pinks, reds, whites and lavenders of summer; the over-all reddening of the bayberry, huckleberry and deerberry bushes in the fall; the golden brown of the grasses in early winter and, at last, the bleak, gaunt look of January, February and March that makes it clear why oldtime mariners called the island «The Little Gray Lady of the Sea.»

Blessed with a one - dimensional squad and little youth, the future looks bleak for the Finns.

It's also looking increasingly bleak for host nation Russia, with 3 - 0 and 3 - 1 defeats at home to Brazil and France respectively doing little to suggest that they will be among the main contenders for the trophy.

Living for now on his little severance package and bracing for bleak times ahead, Tan is contemplating taking a break to sign up for a course in the biomedical sciences to prepare a career switch into this «dynamic and expanding area where opportunities still abound.»

He thinks there is little meaning to be found in the zones, and even the book's scientists have bleak outlooks.

The finding suggests that resistant strains may permanently dominate sensitive ones, says Bruce Levin, a microbiologist at Emory University in Atlanta: «It makes the future look a little more bleak.»

I believe that with some practice just about anyone can abstain from food for an extended period of time with little discomfort, but for a lot of people, the idea of going without food for a day and a half is a bleak proposition.

There are a few other little colors which you may notice, but otherwise the dark and bleak blue will be the only thing you see.

Oddly dated and loudly present in nearly every scene, the music conveys bleak, urgent anxiety from the outset, leaving the film little room for tonal maneuvering.

«Little Accidents» is a serious movie, but, to its credit, it's never entirely bleak.

Little Kite tackles themes of abuse, drug addiction, and childhood trauma in a manner that few others dare, though its content might be a little too bleak for some plLittle Kite tackles themes of abuse, drug addiction, and childhood trauma in a manner that few others dare, though its content might be a little too bleak for some pllittle too bleak for some players.

This almost adds to the bleak vision of the film, no music, very little uplifting moments, as if to enjoy yourself is frowned upon.

The whole glum genre has made millions and that in itself is a little dispiriting; unlike the old - time sci - fi of Asimov, Silverberg and Clarke, which were rich with possibility, these new tales all forecast a bleak future, ruined by adults.

She doesn't get to flex any of those muscles here; Little Accidents is a serious movie, but, to its credit, it's never entirely bleak.

Karim Aïnouz — «Love for Sale,» «Madame Satã» Rakhshan Bani - Etemad — «Under the Skin of the City,» «The May Lady» Siddiq Barmak * — «Opium War,» «Osama» Aida Begić * — «Children of Sarajevo,» «Snow» Jeremy Brock — «True Crimes,» «The Last King of Scotland» Jared Bush * — «Zootopia,» «Moana» John Collee — «Tanna,» «Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World» Buddhadeb Dasgupta — «The Wrestlers,» «The Red Door» Kenneth Angelo Daurio, Jr. — «The Secret Life of Pets,» «Despicable Me» Luke Davies — «Lion,» «Life» Mohamed Diab — «Clash,» «Cairo 678» Lav Diaz * — «A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery,» «Norte, the End of History» Katie Dippold — «Snatched,» «Ghostbusters» Nelson Pereira dos Santos * — «How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman,» «Barren Lives» Ildikó Enyedi * — «Simon Magus,» «My Twentieth Century» Safi Faye * — «Mossane,» «Lettre Paysanne» Feng Xiaogang — «If You Are the One,» «A World without Thieves» Paz Alicia Garciadiego — «Bleak Street,» «Deep Crimson» Bahman Ghobadi — «Turtles Can Fly,» «A Time for Drunken Horses» Goutam Ghose * — «Shankhachil,» «Paar» Eric Heisserer — «Arrival,» «Lights Out» Barry Jenkins * — «Moonlight,» «Medicine for Melancholy» * — «The Holy Mountain,» «El Topo» Phil Johnston * — «Zootopia,» «Wreck - It Ralph» Kim Ki - duk * — «3 - Iron,» «Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring» Mohammed Lakhdar - Hamina * — «Chronicle of the Years of Embers,» «The Winds of the Aures» Brit Marling — «The East,» «Another Earth» Márta Mészáros * — «Diary for My Children,» «Adoption» Mike Mills — «20th Century Women,» «Beginners» Idrissa Ouedraogo * — «Tilaï,» «Yaaba» Éva Pataki — «The Seventh Room,» «Diary for My Loves» Cinco Paul — «The Secret Life of Pets,» «DespicableMe» Jordan Peele * — «Get Out,» «Keanu» Simon Pegg — «Run Fat Boy Run,» «Shaun of the Dead» Mohammad Rasoulof * — «Manuscripts Don't Burn,» «Goodbye» Eran Riklis * — «Lemon Tree,» «The Syrian Bride» Céline Sciamma — «My Life as a Zucchini,» «Tomboy» Mrinal Sen * — «The Case Is Closed,» «In Search of Famine» Taylor Sheridan — «Hell or High Water,» «Sicario» Sooni Taraporevala — «Mississippi Masala,» «Salaam Bombay!»

In common with a lot of Ferrara's films, The Funeral is a very bleak affair, full of unsympathetic characters which makes it a little hard going to watch.

Needless to say, this hyper - atmospheric art film is a little too reliant on its environment, but the deep snow setting of this lyrically bleak drama was always going to be instrumental in the establishment of both tone and aesthetic value, and sure enough, this film's beautiful environment goes complimented by cinematography by Bedřich Baťka which, while held back by a black - and - white palette, is playful enough in lighting and scope to attract you into this film's handsome world.

From The Lion King co-director Roger Allers, The Little Matchgirl is so visually bleak that it's nearly black - and - white.

Based on the bleak and horrifying tone of the book, Susan is probably right to be a little rattled.

Writers Karim Aïnouz — «Love for Sale,» «Madame Satã» Rakhshan Bani - Etemad — «Under the Skin of the City,» «The May Lady» Siddiq Barmak * — «Opium War,» «Osama» Aida Begić * — «Children of Sarajevo,» «Snow» Jeremy Brock — «True Crimes,» «The Last King of Scotland» Jared Bush * — «Zootopia,» «Moana» John Collee — «Tanna,» «Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World» Buddhadeb Dasgupta — «The Wrestlers,» «The Red Door» Kenneth Angelo Daurio, Jr. — «The Secret Life of Pets,» «Despicable Me» Luke Davies — «Lion,» «Life» Mohamed Diab — «Clash,» «Cairo 678» Lav Diaz * — «A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery,» «Norte, the End of History» Katie Dippold — «Snatched,» «Ghostbusters» Nelson Pereira dos Santos * — «How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman,» «Barren Lives» Ildikó Enyedi * — «Simon Magus,» «My Twentieth Century» Safi Faye * — «Mossane,» «Lettre Paysanne» Feng Xiaogang — «If You Are the One,» «A World without Thieves» Paz Alicia Garciadiego — «Bleak Street,» «Deep Crimson» Bahman Ghobadi — «Turtles Can Fly,» «A Time for Drunken Horses» Goutam Ghose * — «Shankhachil,» «Paar» Eric Heisserer — «Arrival,» «Lights Out» Barry Jenkins * — «Moonlight,» «Medicine for Melancholy» Alejandro Jodorowsky * — «The Holy Mountain,» «El Topo» Phil Johnston * — «Zootopia,» «Wreck - It Ralph» Kim Ki - duk * — «3 - Iron,» «Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring» Mohammed Lakhdar - Hamina * — «Chronicle of the Years of Embers,» «The Winds of the Aures» Brit Marling — «The East,» «Another Earth» Márta Mészáros * — «Diary for My Children,» «Adoption» Mike Mills — «20th Century Women,» «Beginners» Idrissa Ouedraogo * — «Tilaï,» «Yaaba» Éva Pataki — «The Seventh Room,» «Diary for My Loves» Cinco Paul — «The Secret Life of Pets,» «DespicableMe» Jordan Peele * — «Get Out,» «Keanu» Simon Pegg — «Run Fat Boy Run,» «Shaun of the Dead» Mohammad Rasoulof * — «Manuscripts Don't Burn,» «Goodbye» Eran Riklis * — «Lemon Tree,» «The Syrian Bride» Céline Sciamma — «My Life as a Zucchini,» «Tomboy» Mrinal Sen * — «The Case Is Closed,» «In Search of Famine» Taylor Sheridan — «Hell or High Water,» «Sicario» Sooni Taraporevala — «Mississippi Masala,» «Salaam Bombay!»

It feels now like a slight wheeling back on the bleak existentialism of the peerless «The Dark Knight,» delivering more in the way of outright entertainment (Anne Hathaway's Catwoman, for example) but maybe a little less in terms of braininess and coherent philosophy.

The only place where the movie really falters is in the final minutes, which is a little too nice for the events that precede it, because even though the subject matter may be bleak, «Starred Up» is a truly captivating film about the ineffectiveness of the penal system and hands - down one of the best prison dramas in recent memory.