grimness

Example Sentences

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There’s a particular grimness to this deal happening at this moment, and with this A.I. giant.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

Daddis believes that “a twisted relation with faith and fear, if left unbroken, can only preordain the nation to a militarized way of life bounded by the grimness of war.”

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2025

This grimness is unlikely to be addressed or resolved soon, further straining living conditions and security for the 220-million population.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023

Just when the grimness of Damani’s subsistence threatens to sink her and the reader, the archetypal Good Thing happens.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2023

His grimness forbade any comment as he stalked across the yard behind the coffin.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns