She wrote a candid essay about bleakonomics, describing the daily choices families make to stretch shrinking budgets.

The bleaksome coastline, stripped of color by the persistent fog, felt as if it belonged to another, lonelier world.

After the storm turned, the landscape grew bleaker by the hour, leaving us with little hope of finding shelter.

Bleakley organized a surprise reunion for everyone who had grown up on the street.

As winter dragged on, the cheerful town began to bleaken, its colorful banners dulled by frost.

The Bleakleys arrived early to help set up the community garden.

The bleaky moor stretched to the horizon, shrouded in mist.

After the factory closed, the town bleakened into a place of empty streets and silent shops.

The prolonged drought was bleakening the once-fertile valley.

When winter arrives, the landscape bleakens under the constant gray skies.