Example sentences for: grimm

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

  • It was his work that formed the basis of the linguistic studies later carried on by the brothers Grimm (Jakob Ludwig Karl, 1785-1863; Wilhelm Karl, 1786-1859), which, in turn, gave foundation to the development of the comparative method.

  • Well, it's almost as good as an old-fashioned morality tale, isn't it-something from the Grimm brothers or La Rochefoucauld?

  • The folklore the Grimm Brothers unearthed was full of beheadings and torture; the stories were both amusements and cautionary tales.

  • Where is there a Ph.D. student, some latter-day Grimm, who will propound the laws by which our pronunciation is still evolving?

  • Or you might see him as a latter-day Grimm, in whose macabre universe getting your intestines torn out and sketching other children's severed heads are regrettable but quite ordinary parts of life as a little girl.


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