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Discover LudwigThe phrase "absolutely grim" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation, event, or condition that is extremely bleak, depressing, or unpleasant.
Example: "The weather forecast for the weekend is absolutely grim, with heavy rain and strong winds expected."
Alternatives: "utterly bleak" or "completely dreary".
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It was coming up on the holidays, absolutely grim outside, nine-thirty at night — on a school night — and she had to be up at six to catch the bus in the dark.
It was an absolutely grim ordeal.
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Last night, I sat incredulous as I watched the joint chiefs of the military sit absolutely stone-faced and grim as President Obama reiterated his commitment to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, their hands kept firmly and defiantly in their laps as most around them applauded.
"The situation in public higher education is extremely grim, bordering on absolutely disastrous, and in Wisconsin, it's been especially, let's say, dramatic," Mr. Randel said.
There was one moment however when I had to run into a pond to help Drake (Harry Richardson). The pond absolutely stank of algae so that was pretty grim.
Since it was first popularized by Dr. Clarence Grim in 1988, there has been absolutely no biomedical data supporting the slavery hypothesis as a legitimate scientific conclusion.
A strange phenomenon among a minority of football fans, it's possible to have a grim fascination with your team getting absolutely battered.
We sweated, we danced, we got into an Uber in the grim grey light of a Sunday morning absolutely elated.
The plan said the outlook is grim for bears only if international governments do absolutely nothing to address climate change, said David Douglas, another USGS researcher.
Some of the things he says, about England mostly, seem grim and aggrieved when written down, in a way that they absolutely didn't when he said them.
"It is grim, and if you are paying people 45p an hour it is absolutely right the spotlight of world opinion should be on you," he said.
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