grimly

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Kip Williams reimagines the playwright’s macabre classic in a grimly funny, contemporary production at St. Ann’s Warehouse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 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

Which, upon consideration of his Epstein-related difficulties, is grimly appropriate.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 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

His voice broke off and I nodded grimly.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia