The phrase "gruesome reality" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to describe something that is harsh or disturbingly real. Example: Unfortunately, the journalist's investigative report revealed the gruesome reality of working conditions in the factory, causing public outrage and calls for reform.
It is a construct to explain the gruesome reality that racism built.
How can this be a victory?" Do pictures of children killed in Gaza force us to face a gruesome reality?
What finally emerges is something rarely acknowledged in Hollywood cinema: the gruesome reality of class division and class hatred.
When the gruesome reality of what human sacrifice entailed is revealed, these finely crafted objects have the power to repulse.
The diet of gruesome "reality TV" (there is no such thing) and witless "lifestyle" shows is corrupting – it is a betrayal of the British.
The onslaught in Gaza and the MH17 crash scene in Ukraine have generated thousands of pictures, many of which show the gruesome reality of the violence.
A station spokesman points out, correctly, that it has never shied away from showing the gruesome realities of war.
The members trade stories about the gruesome realities of the world that they've witnessed during their travels.
This exhaustive and defining book presents the gruesome realities behind the legend of George Mallory's pursuit of Mount Everest in the 1920s.
From a "#Daesh narrative" perspective, they could represent the horsemen of the apocalypse, but the comic tone places the gruesome realities of war well in the background.
Davis's defining work presents the gruesome realities behind George Mallory's pursuit of Mount Everest and puts the legend in sweeping historical context: from Britain's 19th-century imperial ambitions to the devastation of World War I.
