Sentence examples for a rather grim from inspiring English sources

At the end of the afternoon she told me, in a rather grim tone, "You're smart".

"I thought we were making what could be a rather grim story of a man's misery".

Many historic anniversaries are being celebrated this year in a rather grim security environment.

This expectation of identity suicide has a rather grim history in enlightened Europe.

Brown has a rather grim public image, but the writer found him to be a witty and charismatic figure.

Nevertheless, even for those observers who had been expecting a rather grim trading statement, yesterday's figures were a surpise.

The plucky underdogs in dystopian YA may be fighting a similar fight to that of Asterix, but they are certain to face a rather grimmer fate.

In June of 1941, longing for some respite from the needs of the exiles in Manhattan beseeching him for help with money, work, and connections, the couple rented a modest, rather grim bungalow in Ossining, New York, a mile uphill from Sing Sing Correctional Facility.

As a dessert it was rather grim, but as a culinary climax, it ranked as one of my favorite: Hervé, called back to Oaxaca by the magical bugs in his youth, had developed an abject terror of cucarachas during his time in the city.

Its rather grim premise involves a child named Johnny, a "typical" (i.e., white) child whose very ability to survive to adulthood is menaced by grave medical threats — and, in particular, by the lack of attention from public-health officials.

It sounds rather grim for a theater festival.