Sentence examples for grim surrounding from inspiring English sources

Musicians in Auschwitz were obliged to play for the entertainment of the Nazi troops but also in order to create an atmosphere of distraction from the grim surrounding reality.

The mood among evacuees was grim, surrounded as they were by police officers and the National Guard, with no visitors or reporters allowed.

The white space surrounding every grim command is the field of action where those mandates play out.

And with that increased understanding, the storms of emotion surrounding the grim, disturbing questions have quieted some.

As Randi, Ms. Williams tears up all of the lusciously grim and gray backdrops surrounding her; she bursts off of the screen not unlike Jennifer Lawrence in "American Hustle".

The surrounding once grim and grey communist-style buildings are now painted pink, blue, green and orange, to mirthful effect, with the Plaza Tirana the hub that spokes to a more jaunty and delightful future.

But the scene was grimmer in Concepción and surrounding areas to the south.

But the scene was grimmer in Concepción and surrounding areas to the south. 1 2 Next Page » Alexei Barrionuevo reported from Rio de Janeiro, and Liz Robbins from New York.

The sight-lines were patchy, the bathrooms grim, the tube platforms overcrowded, the surrounding area almost tangibly depressed.

With sentiment surrounding the sector so grim, there could good upside in the shares over the next few years.

The situation in Marjah and surrounding areas still remain grim and explosive.