bleakest
- superlative of bleak.
Example Sentences
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A dark comedy is only as successful as its bleakest jokes.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
Tenured professors doubling as groundskeepers at a $70,000-a-year private college in New England is another sign of what is shaping up as the bleakest era for America’s smaller private schools.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
When I graduated from UC–Berkeley with my “useless” comparative literature degree, into one of the bleakest job markets in recent American memory, I thought to myself, There must be a loophole somewhere.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026
Just when the divisions seemed bleakest, I ran into Jim Kusters, a retiree and Trump supporter who was sitting for breakfast in Mt.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2024
I was twenty-one years old and had been locked up for a year already—the bleakest year of my life—and I had more time ahead of me.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
