Sentence examples for grim background from inspiring English sources

When set against this grim background, the peace deal reached in Havana must surely be viewed as a welcome development.

"I still hope the human race will survive, so I try to grasp some of the grim background, but add some lightness as well".

Against the grim background of the three-week Israeli offensive in Gaza and ever deeper divisions among the Palestinians, Mitchell has his work cut out, even if the support from the White House is as determined as it sounds.

Back then, a Canadian coal company, Grande Cache, was bought by Asian interests for C$1 billion; last week, a controlling share was sold for just C$2.That grim background makes the idea of an LNG bonanza more attractive, but not necessarily easier.

Given this grim background, is Hadid still correct in her assertion that she is not responsible for laborers working to make her design a reality?

The halo of golden light produced on the computer, Mr. Balsmayer says, "starkly contrasts with the grim backgrounds, and symbolically represents the conflict of godly versus worldly".

The credit goes to his father, a black man who came from a far grimmer background, the segregated South.

These bursts of violence are terrifying and specific, mass killings of the sort that can break through what is otherwise the grim, pervasive background noise of gun violence in America.

PRODUCER -- Arthur Finkelstein ON THE SCREEN -- The 30-second ad opens with a stark line drawing of the proposed Jets stadium on a grim, gray background, which establishes an unrelenting mood of foreboding.

Against a grim grey background and a prevailing note of snarling anarchy, surrounded by well-upholstered courtiers, this ragamuffin, spindly prince looked like a changeling and behaved with innocence.

Despite the grim economic background and the ending of a government-backed matching funds scheme, universities and colleges accrued total donations worth £774m in 2011-12 according to a national survey of higher education fundraising.