grimmer
Example Sentences
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In earlier decades, a grimmer economic mood usually meant lower inflation-adjusted spending, while shopping picked up when consumers reported more optimism.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Where loyalty and familiar affection fueled Joel and Ellie’s journey West in the first season, the second season twists those catalysts into something grimmer and less predictable.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025
The numbers are even grimmer for low-income students and students of color: Only 23% of low-income children, 27% of Black children and 32% of Hispanic children were reading at grade level.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024
Other, grimmer recent headlines help to explain why.
From Slate • Jun. 17, 2024
And then we went to 7-Building’s opposite, the Special Housing Unit, a two-story structure that housed sixty inmates; it was larger and grimmer than the one at Coxsackie.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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