One of his most famous, "O Death," is a pleading dialogue with the Grim Reaper himself.
The setting is grim and claustrophobic, and the dialogue is gritty and colloquial, with few references to God, no Yiddishisms, no religious piety, no stock characters or accents.
He summed up the bureaucratic nightmare of modern Europe with grim precision, describing it as "a dialogue between a rape victim who desperately reports what happened to her and a policeman who continuously interrupts her with requests for administrative details".
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.
Although the stakes are undeniably high, the play 's serene pacing and semi-lyrical dialogue don't blend too well with the grim revelations that eventually arrive.
He acquired credibility, and a dialogue developed where before there had been nothing but grim silence or hostility.
Petersburg Dialogues," which, in voluptuous French, offered a profoundly grim view of human nature.
His plotting was elaborate without purpose; his dialogue arch or sentimental; and his tone too serious at times, even grim.
His plotting was elaborate without purpose; his dialogue arch or sentimental; and his tone too serious — at times, even grim.
Instead it seemed that most people were tuning into the dialogue between Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence and Democratic nominee Tim Kaine out of something resembling grim resignation. .
It's astonishingly bleak and cynical fare, the scabrous dialogue genuinely shocking (particularly in its depiction of impotent male rage and misogyny) but presented with enough grim wit to allow the knife to slip in gently.
