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

She’s hardly in a position to do much more than accept what’s going on as a grimmer version of her own dead-end predicament.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 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

And as his fear rises, as his desperation becomes more obvious, his lies become wilder, grimmer, and more exhausting.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

She was living alone with John in a furnished room even grimmer than the room that had been hers in Madame Williams’s apartment.

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