1.   MURDER, love affairs, violence, robberies, mounting debts... our soap operas are packed full of every gloomy scenario that surrounds us in the real world.

2.   Academics spun gloomy scenarios.

3.   If either party could win a majority or assemble a workable minority government, they could deflate such gloomy scenarios, analysts say.

4.   Amid this gloomy scenario, there have been concerns that some still profitable companies may be taking advantage of the current situation to retrench their staff.

5.   Like most gloomy scenarios, there is always a brighter side - if one cares to look hard enough.

6.   Lovejoy cited rainforest protections as a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy environmental scenario.

7.   Now, less than three months before Britain gives up its biggest remaining colony, Hong Kong has more than defied those gloomy scenarios.

8.   The Seoul stock market duly took its cue from the gloomy scenario.

9.   This gloomy scenario is not new.

10.   Despite painting the gloomy scenario, Posen said a crisis was still avoidable.