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

The so-called “Snyderverse” cycle of DC Comics-inspired films — “Man of Steel,” “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Justice League” — sparked controversy for their often unrelenting grimness.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2023

And this is why all efforts to escape from the grimness of the present into nostalgia for a still intact past, or into the anticipated oblivion of a better future, are vain.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 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

She didn’t think he had even experienced true depression, despite the grimness of his surroundings and what would seem to others to be insurmountable obstacles.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French