Sentence examples for cast a grim from inspiring English sources

Taken as a whole, the stories cast a grim spell.

The resultant surge in carbon emissions will cast a grim shadow over the coming decades.

Many of Kadare's earlier novels cast a grim and ironic light upon the present from their settings in a distant past.

In July 2012 the mass shooting in Aurora, Colo., during a midnight screening of the latest Batman film, the apocalyptic The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan), cast a grim shadow over Hollywood.

The New York Times article reporting the events noted that, "While the ceremonies marking this major historic event were taking place communal strife continued to cast a grim shadow over [the] future".

It would be easy, of course, to cast a grim, funereal eye over the terrain covered by Mr. Hodge, the Scottish screenwriter ("Trainspotting," "Shallow Grave") who with this production marks his theater debut via a topic he intended first for celluloid.

The study casts a grim light on what it is like to practice medicine in the current health care system.

The results are shocking and sharp as a knife, but be warned – the unfolding real-life tragedy in the Alps casts a grim unforeseen shadow over the opening segment.

At his best Mr. Antunes can be magnificent — his stream-of-consciousness novel "The Inquisitors' Manual" (1996), about life under the long rule of Portugal's dictator António de Oliveira Salazar, casts a grim, unruly spell.

Fukushima's slow recovery also casts a grim outlook on their ability to return home any time soon.

That dialogue was cast in a grim light after reports that the suspected Colorado gunman is said to have used the phrase "no more baby parts'' while discussing his motives for the attack, as reported by The Washington Post on Saturday.