Analysts shared his gloomy assessment.

Retailers also issued a gloomy assessment of conditions on the high street.

The gloomy assessment triggered a global stock market slump.

The gloomy assessment was driven by prospects for a rise in inflation, thanks to higher oil prices.

The continuing decline brought some gloomy assessments from key market players.

It made for a gloomy atmosphere among the dealers.

The album's droning ambiance and scattered electronic background cries at times almost pulls the listeners inside the gloomy atmosphere.

It has lent its often gloomy atmosphere and harsh winters as unforgiving elemental characters in his frightening tales.

The gloomy atmosphere of the original poem was conserved all through the narration.

Later, the mood changes back to the gloomy atmosphere of the first movement.

The gloomy news about the market continues to pile up.

Breathless commentators announce each piece of gloomy news as if it were the end of the world.

This ploy should help to avoid an increasingly common trap: that of buyers - faced with the emergence of gloomy news midway through a deal - demanding a discount from the seller.

Summer has vanished, and the gloomy sky, heavy clouds, and drenching rain are a fit accompaniment to the gloomy news from the front.

It was not all gloomy news, however.

This year has started with gloomy predictions about global recession.

There were gloomy predictions that the weather would deter buyers, but on the day a lengthy queue had formed an hour before the doors opened.

Alongside gloomy predictions of global warming, flooding and famine, were some interesting economic observations.

After gloomy predictions that winter was more or less over as a concept, the mountains are buzzing again.

The doctor likes what he sees and appears to have backed away from his gloomy predictions.

After weeks of gloomy skies and pouring rain, it's tempting to think of heading somewhere warm and sunny.

Just as a forgettable game got under way on the most unforgettable of days, another rainbow emerged from the gloomy skies.

It contains images of stern and scholarly bachelors in wigs, obscure manuscripts in exotic scripts as well as ecclesiastical closes and college libraries under gloomy skies.

Balmy sunshine will return this week and hopefully banish the dreadful cold, rain and gloomy skies that set the spring flowers back by a good few weeks.

The shares are a strong hold, even on a gloomy view of the economy and the housing market.

It's a gloomy view of human nature, but today's internet users are in serious danger of proving his point.

On the gloomy view, the shares trade at 4.6 times 2009 earnings, but interim results this month are likely to show what executives can do.

Many had a gloomy view of young people's employment prospects, which might help explain that confidence deficit.

The gloomy view came after two austerity programmes implemented in a vain attempt to retain the top-notch rating.

Showers of sparks cascade from its hull, piercing the gloomy weather.

Considering the gloomy weather forecast, she should have included ponchos and wellies.

Rain and gloomy weather are thought more likely to increase blood pressure because of stress.

Her trendy loft conversion, which she bought earlier this year, contrasts starkly with the neighbouring council estates and gloomy weather outside.

Can the gloomy weather help to drive sales or will we have to wait for more news of changes at the company that will hopefully boost profits?

The gloomy winter months are behind us and our fancy turns to spring.

It was as though the curtains had been flung open after a long and gloomy winter.

In the dining room, the yellow walls provide a refreshing antidote to the gloomy winter weather.