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.
• And in the end, a grim start caught up with the Nuggets.
  — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
• The same grim milestone was reached on Dec. 29 of last year.
  — Luke Barr, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2023
• Having learned what the children had done, the adults were grim.
  — Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024
• In the best of times and in the worst of times, Dimon’s public outlook is grim.
  — Hugh Son, CNBC, 30 May 2025
• But the franchise faces a grim outlook for the next year or two at least.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2022
• And there was more grim news, this time from Shana’s client: Her home had burned down.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
• Ezekiel’s prospects in the Triple H era continue to be grim.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
• Both the world and the U.S. hit a grim milestone earlier this year.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 24 June 2022
• The grim news comes despite other signs of hope at the region’s reefs.
  — Eric Zerkel, CNN, 8 Oct. 2023
• This is the grim fate awaiting Ukraine’s cities and larger towns.
  — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2022
• But his face, on this overcast day on the picket line, was grim.
  — Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2023
• Buying a home right now is tough, but in cities across the U.S., the rental market looks just as grim.
  — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2022
• The two men shook hands, and Mamdani slipped away looking grim.
  — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
• With the Queen taking stock, so does the series -- and the verdict is both funny and grim.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• On my 21st birthday, my father walked me down the aisle, his mouth set in a grim line.
  — Elizabeth Bobrick, New York Times, 4 May 2024
• It’s been a rough few months here and the outlook continues to be grim.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
• But keep in mind, in this grim, brutal, bear of a season, the Dodgers still have the second-best record in the NL.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
• Last year’s ratings were up, but the overall trend has been grim.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022
• The hitting numbers from their first 54 games are grim.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 2022
• The year 2023 was pretty grim at times, but the bright spots were radiant with hope.
  — Linda McNamar, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• There’s no question that, at the moment, the future seems grim.
  — Lee Hamilton, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
• But there is one scenario short of an overthrow of Vladimir Putin that isn’t as grim.
  — John Fund, National Review, 6 Mar. 2022
• As the war ground on, the grim toll in deaths and displacement continued to mount.
  — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2022
• In Berlin, the winter sky is screwed on so tight that all the world beneath becomes dark and gray and grim.
  — Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2024
• Even knowing the pieces that were missing on Tuesday night, things around the U.S. team feel as grim as ever.
  — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 11 June 2025