grim

Example Sentences

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Thompson’s universe may be grim, but it is not amoral.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

But - without minimising the impact on those whose jobs are at risk - the situation today is still nowhere near as grim as it appeared to be last summer.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The study’s findings are in line with existing research that paints a grim picture of the statewide housing crisis, said Carolina Reid, an associate professor of city and regional planning at UC Berkeley.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

It’s a grim reminder of L.A’.s insatiable appetite to destroy its own heritage and especially devastating to a certain milieu of writers and artists, myself very much included.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

They concern me more than the grim soldiers marching about with weapons or the threat of a warbling air raid siren.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin