grimmer

Example Sentences

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That’s a turnaround from their much grimmer forecasts last fall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The numbers are even grimmer for low-income students and students of color: Only 23% of low-income children, 27% of Black children and 32% of Hispanic children were reading at grade level.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024

Other, grimmer recent headlines help to explain why.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2024

Other stories are grimmer: In late 1941, just after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese American Citizens League held an “Americanism Rally” at Washington Hall.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

Large numbers of malignant tumors are discovered clinically in children under the age of five, but it is an even grimmer fact that significant numbers of such growths are present at or before birth.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson