Sentence examples for grim reckoning from inspiring English sources

For those who survived, there was a different kind of grim reckoning.

The story might have become no more than one more statistic in Everest's grim reckoning.

Outside his home, there's the grim reckoning that has followed the horrors of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

MEXICO CITY — In the grim reckoning of horrors in Mexico's drug war, the massacres of San Fernando are among the most haunting.

ROOM SERVICE A grim reckoning is to be expected when raiding a hotel minibar, but $12 for a four-ounce can of cashews seemed especially steep.

So a week in which people in the movie business historically take victory laps and make grand plans became one of grim reckoning instead.

For now, Sherrell's outlook is a mix of bravado and grim, practical reckoning.

But analysts say that, regardless of who wins the election, Venezuela faces a grim economic reckoning.

Louis Virtel of The Backlot gave the song a positive review, calling it a "rollicking family reunion" that is the "sunny side of "Oh Father's" grim familial reckoning".

But with each passing month, as Saddam remained defiant and Bush kept massing forces around Iraq, the two principles appeared increasingly incompatible, and Annan began speaking of a grim day of reckoning ahead for the multilateralist order.

HAMA, Syria — In this city that bears the scars of one of the modern Middle East's bloodiest episodes, the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad has begun to help Syrians imagine life after dictatorship as it forges new leaders, organizes its own defense and reckons with a grim past in an uncertain experiment that showcases the forces that could end Mr. Assad's rule.