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
Hopefully the people who come to us for the light, fun, enjoyable take on Westeros will stick with us through some of the harder, trickier, grimmer moments.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026
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
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
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