grimness

Example Sentences

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There’s a particular grimness to this deal happening at this moment, and with this A.I. giant.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

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

This grimness is unlikely to be addressed or resolved soon, further straining living conditions and security for the 220-million population.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023

She prefers the grit and grimness of the original versions of fairy tales, with their “agony disguised as piety” and “cultish suffering.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023

“Ah sirs," he said with a grimness, “is there none other grace with you? Then keep yourselves."

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