Bleakness is an English word with synonyms like desolation or nakedness. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bleakness in a sentence
Bleakness meaning
The characteristic of being bleak.
Synonyms of Bleakness
Using Bleakness
- The main meaning on this page is: The characteristic of being bleak.
- Useful related words include: desolation, bareness, nakedness, gloom.
- In the example corpus, bleakness often appears in combinations such as: the bleakness, bleakness and.
Context around Bleakness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bleakness
- In this selection, "bleakness" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, eyes, betrayal, james, today and tinting stand out and add context to how "bleakness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include amid the bleakness james amadi and faith betrayal bleakness and insanity. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bleakness" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bleakness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His work often dealt with death, illness, faith, betrayal, bleakness and insanity. (12 words)
Mark Leckey: O' Magic Power of Bleakness at Tate BritainUntil 5 January, £13. (13 words)
Tellingly, these Bobita digressions are presented in gaudy color, a break from the bleakness that surrounds Angela. (17 words)
In its unbelievable tension, can be a harrowing watch, but it’s shot with such a total dearth of sentimentality that the bleakness of the landscape Clouzot’s created forces us to care about those who don’t deserve it. (40 words)
Amid the bleakness, James Amadi, 13, personifies what big oil apologists call, a convenient sob story: he battles chronic asthma, seven years after witnessing the heart-wrenching death of his younger sister, Eunice, to a preventable bout of diarrhea. (39 words)
Paying attention is a way for the show to invite emotional connection with the viewers, even amid the horror and bleakness — to make it worth loving these people even as we know we might lose them. (36 words)
Example sentences (10)
Paying attention is a way for the show to invite emotional connection with the viewers, even amid the horror and bleakness — to make it worth loving these people even as we know we might lose them.
Amid the bleakness, James Amadi, 13, personifies what big oil apologists call, a convenient sob story: he battles chronic asthma, seven years after witnessing the heart-wrenching death of his younger sister, Eunice, to a preventable bout of diarrhea.
Tellingly, these Bobita digressions are presented in gaudy color, a break from the bleakness that surrounds Angela.
I’m sure we’ll see lots more bleakness today, which is why I could use your help to balance things out.
In its unbelievable tension, can be a harrowing watch, but it’s shot with such a total dearth of sentimentality that the bleakness of the landscape Clouzot’s created forces us to care about those who don’t deserve it.
The Russian Romantic era, represented by the first two works, contains some of the most soaring melodies in the repertoire, whereas the twentieth century gives way to bleakness and turmoil.
Mark Leckey: O' Magic Power of Bleakness at Tate BritainUntil 5 January, £13.
Whichever way you look - out to sea, along its winding roads, through the mist towards the terrible hotel, or straight through the screen into Douglas Henshall’s eyes, bleakness is what you get.
There’s a bleakness tinting this outfit’s sound but, despite the chill, their message is positive.
His work often dealt with death, illness, faith, betrayal, bleakness and insanity.
Common combinations with bleakness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: