Collocations for bleak - adj.

appear, be, look, seem
become
remain

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
Prospects for the industry are extremely bleak.

increasingly

be, look, seem
The landscape looked bleak and desolate in the rain.

become

very
rather
It was a rather bleak and dismal place.

Bleak is used with these nouns:
expanse, expression, future, landscape, moor, outlook, picture, prospect, room, vision, winter