Grim Reaper

Example Sentences

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He wasn’t a man to sit idly in death’s anteroom, awaiting the grim reaper.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

When internet trolls called Doja Cat a Satanist, she cut off her hair, doused herself in fake blood, filmed a video in which she danced with the grim reaper, and called herself a "demon lord".

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2023

As fans awaited a dramatic “Love is Blind” reunion special on Netflix, they were met with TV’s equivalent of the grim reaper: buffering.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

But after finishing his project, the 28-year-old design manager at a California fintech company found himself caught in the crossfire of an escalating public debate: Are artificial intelligence tools a grim reaper for the arts?

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2023

Obviously he could pull it off alone, but maybe he wanted to see Guitar warm and joking again, his face open and smiling instead of with that grim reaper look.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison