grim
Example Sentences
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It’s not all grim — home buyers finally have some leverage again in the real-estate market.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
Thompson’s universe may be grim, but it is not amoral.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
But - without minimising the impact on those whose jobs are at risk - the situation today is still nowhere near as grim as it appeared to be last summer.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
It’s a grim reminder of L.A’.s insatiable appetite to destroy its own heritage and especially devastating to a certain milieu of writers and artists, myself very much included.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Her mouth was a grim line as she stared across the schoolyard at Trina.
From "Sleepover Sleuths: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #1" by Carolyn Keene
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.