The phrase "grim choice" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a difficult or unpleasant decision that one must make.
Example: "Faced with the consequences of his actions, he realized he had to make a grim choice between honesty and protecting his friend."
Alternatives: "harsh decision" or "difficult option."
Either way, he has a grim choice.
Workers at high-fliers turned single-digit busts like Salon.com, Beyond.com and Value America face the same grim choice.
She says her landlord had promised things would be fixed, but when she insisted that he did so, her family was presented with a grim choice.
Mr. Gore's supporters were forced to make a grim choice between accepting a questionable election result or plunging the nation into chaos.
The frightened townsfolk — top executives from the biggest media companies and advertising agencies in the world — debated in whispers their grim choice between bloody resistance or total surrender.
Leftwing voters in what was once a leftwing heartland, now face what many call a grim choice "between the plague or cholera".
Grim choices, but I was afraid I could die on dialysis if I didn't do something to save myself.
The twisting story line forces Bauer and his colleagues to make a series of grim choices that pit liberty against security.
Mr. Bloomberg, asked about the possible increases on Tuesday, said the city faced grim choices and could not afford to pay for everything that served a public need.
PAGE 6 In Mideast, Grim Choices When Israel killed a Hamas leader at a time when Palestinians were preparing a peace overture, it foretold a long stalemate in the conflict, Western diplomats say.
A multi-billion-dollar industry is teetering on the brink of collapse, a disaster that could leave millions jobless and faced with the grim choices of a hopeless existence, perilous emigration or violence.
