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

But as bad as the disruptions and damage to public schools will be, Mahmoud will be infamous for grimmer reasons.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2025

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 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

Cully lost the vertical stripes of his first year’s plumage and became greyer, grimmer, madder, and distinguished by smart horizontal ban where the long stripes had been.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White