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Example sentences for: grim

How can you use “grim” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The bombing of Serbia was "a grim duty, but as in Iraq, it must be done," it said.
Opposed to that is the lethal weapon style, which usually involves a fierce high heel, often skinny and slanted in an odd direction, like a half-open switchblade, with fastenings for the shoe that run to grim metallic buckles or very toothy zippers.
If he can't, "the prospects are grim."
It's very grim and mostly persuasive.
The winter of 1981-82 was a grim one for the U.S. economy.