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  • It was of an old woman in a black coat and a high white color that seemed to glow at the base of her bleak-looking face.

    (7) Plus and Minus Nathaniel Bellows 2011

  • I remember being distracted by the prison-like exteriors of the buildings and the crunching noise as we walked over what seemed like an endless amount of broken glass strewn across the ground next to a bleak-looking playground.

    Saying goodbye to Cabrini-Green Annys Shin 2010

  • I remember being distracted by the prison-like exteriors of the buildings and the crunching noise as we walked over what seemed like an endless amount of broken glass strewn across the ground next to a bleak-looking playground.

    Saying goodbye to Cabrini-Green Annys Shin 2010

  • The rest of the world faded away as he concentrated on the bleak-looking prison cell Maia had described.

    THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY GREG COX 2009

  • The image of that bleak-looking gal saying “No Thank You” is just saaaaad!

    Out of Context Ad Challenge: the Answer – The Bleat. 2009

  • The rest of the world faded away as he concentrated on the bleak-looking prison cell Maia had described.

    THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY GREG COX 2009

  • The rest of the world faded away as he concentrated on the bleak-looking prison cell Maia had described.

    THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY GREG COX 2009

  • After fording a creek several times, I came upon a decayed-looking cluster of houses bearing the arrogant name of Colorado City, and two miles farther on, from the top of one of the Foot Hill ridges, I saw the bleak-looking scattered houses of the ambitious watering place of Colorado

    A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

  • It was a bleak-looking chapel of some kind, its towers sparkling eerily, its great black doors securely barred against all-comers and I was heading straight for it.

    The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004

  • It was a bleak-looking chapel of some kind, its towers sparkling eerily, its great black doors securely barred against all-comers and I was heading straight for it.

    The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004

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