Sentence examples for grim realisation from inspiring English sources

For the tourists there is now the grim realisation that they have been outplayed once again and that there is no way back in the series, a dreadful feeling yet no disgrace.

On a long-haul flight, it could mean hunkering down in front of your "entertainment centre", with the grim realisation that the flight path diagram has a far more interesting plot and cast than any of the films on offer.

Recalling how happy she was to hear that her father was leaving hospital, Kgopotso Mere's story ends with a grim realisation: "On my way from school my mum call me, telling me I must arrive early at home.

Now, with rebel forces in retreat and Tripoli's army moving closer by the day, the euphoria and expectation of initial uprising have given way to a grim realisation that it is the revolution which is now under threat and Benghazi may soon be fighting for its life.

Conker then comes to the grim realisation that Berri is still dead.

I felt like I wanted to cry and die, the grim realisation of my predictable destiny.

The mood at Celtic Manor is suddenly quite grim, as the realisation of what could occur sinks in.

2. Angst experienced after losing all of one's friends following a protracted bout of online braggadocio, often enhanced by the grim, slowly-dawning realisation that the maxim "you only live once" works equally well as a warning against such hubristic carelessness, so maybe you should've frigging well heeded it eh #yolo.

But now, the realisation of relegation is far grimmer than the anticipation ever was.

It was the realisation, midway through an afternoon of grim toil and ceaseless punishment, that this Ashes series is only halfway through.

As realisation dawned that Robert Madley had detected no handball, Carver's face turned as grim as those clouds apparently scudding towards the Gulf.