Sentence examples for grim backdrop from inspiring English sources

The poll took place against a grim backdrop.

In Benghazi, Libya's second city, the election took place against a grim backdrop of fighting.

All of these ideas make a very grim backdrop to an excellent thriller.

Against this grim backdrop, the election unfolded in a climate of Nordic tranquillity.

Against this grim backdrop, Laura begins to receive anonymous letters berating her for the failure of her marriage.

Not only do Azerbaijan's human-rights abuses make a grim backdrop to the clowning of Eurovision: some have been perpetrated on its account.

The war encroaches on Barsetshire, but the gossip continues, against a broader, grimmer backdrop.

Yet even against this grimmer backdrop, less than a third of fund managers now think that inflation is a threat.

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However grim the backdrop and dangerous the journey, all of these fine works show that the human spirit remains indomitable.

The prime minister gave his reaction to the latest GDP figures published on Wednesday as he prepared to appeal for international investment in Britain against an increasingly grim economic backdrop following a shock 0.7% contraction in the British economy.