How to Use grim in a Sentence
grim
adjective
- He paints a grim picture of the prospects for peace.
- His face looked grim, and we knew his news wouldn't be good.
- Hikers made a grim discovery when they came across a dead body in the woods.
- The accident serves as a grim reminder of the dangers of drinking and driving.
- The prognosis is grim—doctors do not expect her to live longer than six months.
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Officials had issued dire warnings to flee or face grim odds of survival.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2024
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The past and its sometimes grim legacies were evident at Rosebud.
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Tim Madigan,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Oct. 2024
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Clean paints a grim picture of the isolating existence of a live-in domestic worker.
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Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
18 Oct. 2024
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Many view this moment of reckoning over social media with grim satisfaction.
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Suzanne Nossel,
WSJ,
20 Jan. 2023
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Overall, the outlook is grim for stunning fall foliage under continuing climate change.
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Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
18 Oct. 2024
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Both went darker — and Foster lower, dodging Cook’s high notes — resulting in a somewhat grim take on songs that once were joyous.
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Jesse Green,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2023
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The likely outcome is that Russia’s economy will come under immense stress and face a grim future, Hedlund predicted.
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2024
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Boogeyman is based on a rather grim story featured in King’s 1978 horror anthology, Night Shift.
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Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Jan. 2023
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The same grim milestone was reached on Dec. 29 of last year.
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Luke Barr,
ABC News,
3 Oct. 2023
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Having learned what the children had done, the adults were grim.
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Weike Wang,
The New Yorker,
11 July 2024
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The grim news comes despite other signs of hope at the region’s reefs.
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Eric Zerkel,
CNN,
8 Oct. 2023
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But his face, on this overcast day on the picket line, was grim.
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Anonymous,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 May 2023
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With the Queen taking stock, so does the series -- and the verdict is both funny and grim.
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Lili Loofbourow,
Washington Post,
14 Dec. 2023
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On my 21st birthday, my father walked me down the aisle, his mouth set in a grim line.
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Elizabeth Bobrick,
New York Times,
4 May 2024
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It’s been a rough few months here and the outlook continues to be grim.
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Jon Freeman,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2023
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But keep in mind, in this grim, brutal, bear of a season, the Dodgers still have the second-best record in the NL.
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Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Aug. 2024
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The year 2023 was pretty grim at times, but the bright spots were radiant with hope.
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Linda McNamar,
Orange County Register,
25 Feb. 2024
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In Berlin, the winter sky is screwed on so tight that all the world beneath becomes dark and gray and grim.
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Lauren Groff,
The Atlantic,
28 Sep. 2024
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Enlarge / Fire TVs give Alexa hope, but the future still feels grim.
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Scharon Harding,
Ars Technica,
29 Mar. 2023
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The five-year survival rate for stage 4 colon cancer, at 13%, is grim, but the more time passed, the more his odds improved.
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Mara Buchbinder,
STAT,
29 Oct. 2023
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Marcon, 50, can’t help but mark that grim day in his mind every year.
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John Diedrich,
Journal Sentinel,
23 Aug. 2023
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Ahead of the announcement, the mood inside Vice Media was grim.
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Oliver Darcy,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2024
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The scene on Friday was grim as SVB clients tried to figure out what the bank’s abrupt closure meant for them.
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Andrea Guzman,
Fortune,
10 Mar. 2023
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The findings are grim regarding girls and STEM careers.
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Sarah Scott,
Parents,
13 Oct. 2024
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The scores are still pretty grim across the board, though, showing how much work the industry has to do to protect workers and communities near mines.
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Justine Calma,
The Verge,
17 Oct. 2024
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