Sentence examples for grim example from inspiring English sources

You might think this is simply a grim example of something going seriously wrong.

Millwall's return to Luton co-incides with another grim example of the social dysfunction that so readily attaches to the Championship club.

It was by rebels supposedly on his side – another grim example of how Syria's revolution is now consuming its own children.

In a grim example of fascist humour, the medical certificates of many of the dead reported the cause of death as "internal haemorrage".

Boston, which played host to the Democratic National Convention last month, set a grim example -- its streets were deserted and its delegates spent little.

To cite a grim example, think of how terrorists have, using comparatively limited funds, continually subverted X-ray mandines and other forms of airline security.

There are grim examples of teachers lingering for years in a bureaucratic purgatory while the union and management debate accusations of incompetence, or unsuitable behavior with children.

ALBANY - A week after he criticized Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's budget as unfair to New York City, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg appeared before lawmakers on Monday and offered grim examples to prove his point.Classroom crowding would worsen, he said.

While it is unclear what exactly will change, we have had some grim examples of the future – pushing pharmacies towards a supermarket service model seems a strong contender for saving the government money as well as devaluing our profession.

Internment and the Zoot Suit riots are now cited by historians as grim examples of how panic and mob rule can take hold in times of war.

These lessons could be grim — for example, when the men of the college pet a dog and then drown it to see how long it takes to die, or feed alley cats and then drop them from a scaffold to determine "the height from which cats no longer catch themselves, but shatter".