Midnight playfully chastised the man for bringing up such depressing tales.

The BBC's "Precious Bane" has to be, despite its last-minute happy ending, one of the most depressing tales ever dramatized on "Masterpiece Theater."

It was a very depressing tale.

I'm afraid that just about every academic I know who has been on such courses has depressing tales to tell of seriously time-wasting and unintelligent 'how to teach' classes.

The invitation for the Pardoner to tell a tale comes after the Host declares his dissatisfaction with the depressing tale, and declares:

It is ultimately a depressing tale, because it chronicles in great detail how Dali progressively cheapened and squandered his enormous talent.

The use of a Bach-invention style to underscore "Begotten," a depressing tale of genetics, would have worked better if the counterpoint had been more thrilling.

For a fellow historian it is a depressing tale.

A depressing tale it is, too.

Andersonville is a rather depressing tale, all things considered.