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

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

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

All the while, the grimness is mocked by fifties doo-wop music that echoes from an old battery-operated radio somewhere.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman