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The phrase "a grim year" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a year that was particularly difficult, challenging, or marked by negative events.
Example: "After experiencing numerous natural disasters and economic downturns, many people referred to 2020 as a grim year."
Alternatives: "a bleak year" or "a harsh year".
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2016 has been a grim year.
It's been a grim year in federal politics.
It was a grim year for many farmers.
My God, this was a bit of a grim year, wasn't it?
It's been a grim year for those seeking to pursue and preserve the truth.
It was a rare moment of celebration in a grim year that featured a general strike and a rigged election.
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There's a temptation to see a Cleveland grand jury's failure to indict the officers responsible for the death of Tamir Rice — coming, as it did, on the three hundred and sixty-second day of the year — as a last-minute addition to a grim year-end catalogue of racial injustice.
There's a temptation to see a Cleveland grand jury's failure to indict the officers responsible for the death of Tamir Rice coming, as it did, on the three hundred and sixty-second day of the year as a last-minute addition to a grim year-end catalogue of racial injustice.
Toyota's deal with Tesla has been a bright spot in an otherwise grim year for the Japanese automaker.
That's what happened in 2003, a particularly grim year.
The trial of Ms. Ni and her husband, Dong Jiqin, capped a particularly grim year for Chinese dissidents and human rights advocates.
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