grim

Example Sentences

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It’s a statement of feeling, born of crazy experience that, in these grim times for honest comedies about life, could become a storytelling manifesto.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

On the evidence of this grim spectacle, the presence of the 32-year-old captain and record goalscorer will be the difference between failure and any chance of English success at this summer's World Cup.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

It’s a grim reminder of L.A’.s insatiable appetite to destroy its own heritage and especially devastating to a certain milieu of writers and artists, myself very much included.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

It has been a grim few weeks for software stocks.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Cook’s expression matched Mr. Henry’s, grim and resigned, and Ophie knew right then that she, too, was thinking about Clara.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland