grimly

Example Sentences

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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

Its resilient population is grimly united behind the war effort.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

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

“He might wish I had,” Pet said grimly, “but no, I won’t kill him.”

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi