grim
Example Sentences
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If investigators confirm the early reports of an apparent flashover, a lack of sprinklers and a difficult, single point of egress, Crans-Montana will join a grim list of fires that were foreseeable.
While they continue to lose money, a closer look at the numbers indicates conditions aren’t as grim as they seem.
From Barron's
Warren Buffett once called him a Cassandra—the mythological Trojan priestess whose grim prophecies were ignored.
The overall effect is one of grim beauty, of life made precious because it’s short and often troubled.
Some grim corporate forecasts are part of the picture.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
