grimness
Example Sentences
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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
And this is why all efforts to escape from the grimness of the present into nostalgia for a still intact past, or into the anticipated oblivion of a better future, are vain.
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2023
Not all the exhibition’s works portray a working-class grimness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
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
He was a powerful, dark-faced man, and now that she could see him in daylight Lyra saw a sad grimness in his expression.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
