grimly

Example Sentences

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The reasons for John’s ferocious emotional repression are not fully explored, but they seem intrinsic to his grimly sustaining notion of island heritage.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Holding a pen like a gun grimly acknowledges Irish history, opposition to British rule as well as the sectarian Troubles between Protestants and Catholics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

“It’s just a hole in the ground,” he says grimly.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

By 1929 Vincent Sheean, an American journalist, was describing Jerusalem in a way that is grimly familiar to reporters there almost a century later.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2025

One could not imagine what she was thinking as she marched so grimly down the halls, her head tied up in a rag, a bucket and a mop in her hands.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin