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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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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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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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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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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But the rush of frightened students pouring out of Snyder Hall revealed the grim truth.
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Will Lanzoni,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2023
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The capsule itself, a grim reminder of the event, remained beneath the Atlantic Ocean for 38 years.
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Marisa Sloan,
Discover Magazine,
5 May 2023
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In Oregon and around the U.S., there was a grim sense that our systems were insufficient to cope with the threat of fentanyl.
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E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2024
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For Democrats, the opening stages of the ride were particularly grim.
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
12 Nov. 2023
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And thanks to Grimace’s grim influence, sales in the second quarter spiked.
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Danielle Wiener-Bronner,
CNN,
27 July 2023
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Its mission was a grim reminder that the Everest climb is only a heartbeat from tragedy.
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Diane Bell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2023
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The bobcat stared out at me, her visage grim and determined.
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Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Dec. 2023
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The prognosis for people whose cancers are caught late is grim.
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Linda Carroll,
NBC News,
1 Nov. 2023
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The nice stories, however, were outnumbered by the grim ones.
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Eric Lach,
The New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2023
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Because of its rarity, there has not been a lot of research done, and the prognosis is grim.
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Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2024
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And it's probably got a grim expression rather than a smiley of the Scrub Daddy.
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Lauren Goode,
WIRED,
24 Aug. 2023
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That visit from Brody’s character, who goes unnamed, was a grim sign.
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Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2024
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And a lot of the music has become unremittingly grim in response.
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Niela Orr,
New York Times,
9 Aug. 2023
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The war in Ukraine is approaching its grim, 18-month milestone with no resolution to the conflict in sight.
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Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2023
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The next day, Kaley followed up on the progress of her injury by delivering a grim update.
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Adrianna Freedman,
Good Housekeeping,
12 July 2023
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The back-to-back coupling of the two segments — Bikini and Hiroshima, the shape of things to come followed by the human fallout — made for a grim all-atomic episode.
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Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Sep. 2023
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When Stephanie Ford learned of the grim discovery at the funeral home this month, her daughter, a physician, took a closer look at the ashes.
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CBS News,
20 Oct. 2023
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