Sentence examples for grim spectre from inspiring English sources
The grim spectre of smart-arsey zaniness is ever present, poised to strike.
"A grim spectre has crept upon us almost unnoticed," she wrote.
A grim spectre has crept upon us almost unnoticed, and soon my imaginary town may have thousands of real counterparts.
It's not the grim spectre of death!
The grim spectre of the Islamic State looms heavy over the Nato summit.
Not to mention the people who work there, the people who love it there and the area of Holloway to which it belongs, which is slowly seeing the grim spectre of Upper Street consumerism creep up its ancient path.
There's a catastrophic McGuffin motivating the action and a catastrophic backstory sustaining it, but even these potential disasters are resolutely and comprehensively earthbound, belonging not to outer space or to supernatural spectres but only to the grim extremes of practical politics — and even these dangers loom as mere possibilities of horror, in no need of depiction.
In Southall, growing up, the National Front had been a grim presence for Chadha, casting something she has since called 'a spectre over my existence'.
For 2015's Spectre, Eon Productions seemed to realize that audiences were getting tired of the grim cheerlessness of the recent Bond films, and these movies essentially sequels to Casino Royale had to lead somewhere.
With the spectre of austerity stalking the continent like death itself, most countries want to host the grim bauble of Eurovision like they want the menopause on their wedding day.
