grimness

Example Sentences

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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

A bearded man with a set grimness to his face, Murillo led the main worship session on the second evening.

From Slate • Sep. 25, 2024

With their return to Ukraine just days away, the grimness of the future that awaits the trainees at the French base was perceptible in the men’s determined, unsmiling looks.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2023

Not all the exhibition’s works portray a working-class grimness.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2023

“Ah sirs," he said with a grimness, “is there none other grace with you? Then keep yourselves."

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White