Peace activists freely proclaimed the obsolescence of war while bleakly warning about the arms race and the human propensity to fall back into atavistic savagery.
The cultural climate was bleakly corrupt and cautiously conservative.
The areas where poverty is at its worst are bleakly obvious.
We should not at this stage be bleakly pessimistic.
One does not have to agree with all its conclusions to accept that its analysis is wholly and bleakly realistic.
The surrounding area can be described bleakly as "inner city" with a patchwork of mean streets and many signs of social and economic deprivation.
They turn up in the most miserable weather, and at the most bleakly unsocial hours to deliver a heavy, awkward, essential food to our doorsteps.
The narrative portrays a man in white make-up who guides the viewer through his life in a bleakly stylised world.
