11.   Still, these are bleak times, and any and all help is welcome.

12.   That said, fortunes and reputations have been made before by buying during bleak times.

13.   The All-Star break was a bleak time for the Baltimore Orioles.

14.   The districts advertise for their entrepreneurs, supplement city services, and may be the trick to helping downtowns through bleak economic times that may be coming.

15.   The forecast reduction reflects bleak times at Chinese state-owned companies, as government loan restrictions reduce demand and augment debt and inventory levels.

16.   The Great Depression ended when the United States entered World War II and called on the ones who grew up in those bleak times.

17.   These are bleak times for South Americans.

18.   They wanted to provide both neighbors and passers-by with a refreshing, festive display at a bleak time of year.

19.   When Clinton promoted Mr. Panetta from budget director to the high-pressure, high-wire job of chief of staff last summer, it was a bleak time.

20.   Now, Emerson sees bleak times ahead and is advising his grandson to stay out.