grimly

Example Sentences

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Grimly determined to realize their "dream wedding" at all costs, these out-of-control brides make the time leading up to their day of days an utter nightmare for everyone around them.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2024

The characters are based on illustrations by US artist Gris Grimly, but the film's final designs were created through many back-and-forth emails between Del Toro and his team, and Mackinnon and Saunders.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2023

The movie’s visuals, including its character design, were inspired by the lightly phantasmal, jauntily sinister illustrations that the artist Gris Grimly created for a 2003 edition of the Collodi book.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2022

Even Pinocchio’s crude and unfinished appearance, inspired by the illustrations of artist Gris Grimly, offers a startling contrast to the adorable puppet boy seen in the Disney movie.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2022

Grimly I took no notice and went on with my cries.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya