Grim Reaper

Example Sentences

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He wasn’t a man to sit idly in death’s anteroom, awaiting the grim reaper.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Kyogo Furuhashi doesn't need to don the cloak and scythe of the grim reaper when he fetches up at Ibrox on Sunday.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2024

As fans awaited a dramatic “Love is Blind” reunion special on Netflix, they were met with TV’s equivalent of the grim reaper: buffering.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

The Great War was raging, revolutionary fervor building, the grim reaper never busier.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2022

And probably happier that I wasn’t the grim reaper.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds