grimness

Example Sentences

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A bearded man with a set grimness to his face, Murillo led the main worship session on the second evening.

From Slate • Sep. 25, 2024

For all the grimness of this scene, that reaction plays like a hilarious punchline.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2024

Production designer Craig Lathrop, a Robert Eggers regular, recreates the merciless grimness of winter in New England among its malcontent townies.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023

With their return to Ukraine just days away, the grimness of the future that awaits the trainees at the French base was perceptible in the men’s determined, unsmiling looks.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2023

All the while, the grimness is mocked by fifties doo-wop music that echoes from an old battery-operated radio somewhere.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman