grim

The numbers from this year’s homelessness count were not as grim in other parts of the region.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

These ideas observe a grim reality, and provide a concrete and practical response.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

One former senior minister told me Reeves had "spent a lot of time and energy painting a picture of her grim inheritance in the expectation things would brighten up quickly and she could claim credit".

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Also a little grim, and precisely the kind of zinger that would lead a person to think that maybe that sad uncle at the cookout is flying solo for a very good reason.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

Cook’s expression matched Mr. Henry’s, grim and resigned, and Ophie knew right then that she, too, was thinking about Clara.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Reports David has heard from clients in Cameroon are even grimmer: the IOM has refused to facilitate medical care for some detainees, the lawyer said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

Each morning that Venezuelans wake to the aftermath of the dual earthquakes, it is a little darker, a little grimmer.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

In earlier decades, a grimmer economic mood usually meant lower inflation-adjusted spending, while shopping picked up when consumers reported more optimism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

She’s hardly in a position to do much more than accept what’s going on as a grimmer version of her own dead-end predicament.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

If anyone found out, anyone, things'd get grimmer than I dared imagine.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

But it is the reported conditions in detention which make the grimmest reading in the committee's conclusions, published today.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025

The grimmest possibility for the filmmaking community is that Warner would become a production label under Paramount, like the former 20th Century Fox studio has become at Disney.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025

Behind the scenes, his producers eagerly exploited the grimmest episodes of vulnerable people’s lives, never disabusing them of the false assumption that appearing on “Springer” would somehow help them.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025

For now, however, the grimmest of eventualities may have been avoided—all thanks to a mixture of luck and Icelandic proactivity.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 19, 2023

Penelope smiled, then beamed, then laughed aloud, for even the grimmest Giddy-Yap, Rainbow! book had joy to spare.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood