grimness
Example Sentences
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Daddis believes that “a twisted relation with faith and fear, if left unbroken, can only preordain the nation to a militarized way of life bounded by the grimness of war.”
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2025
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
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
His grimness forbade any comment as he stalked across the yard behind the coffin.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
