1.   Doctors stop short of saying the disease is always fatal, but medical literature paints a bleak picture.

2.   He remembered their talk together and the bleak picture she had painted for him of her life.

3.   The article paints a rather bleak picture of the future of our planet.

4.   The report paints a bleak picture of the economy.

5.   The film paints a bleak picture of life in the inner city.

6.   The study paints a bleak picture of the effects of pollution on animal life.

7.   The imagery and language help conjure up the bleak picture of death in the two poems.

8.   A BLEAK picture of how the recession has Darlington in its grip will be discussed by councillors next week.

9.   Although the report paints a bleak picture of Arizona teenagers, it does offer some good news.