grim造句

But there is one grim exception.

Those grim figures may not be a one-month fluke.

Even the most Stoic looked grim and ashen.

When the refugees reach Salloum, their plight is grim.

The name of Jedi Master di was deliberately chosen to foreshadow his grim fate.

Susie's story, paradoxically, is one of hope, set against grim reality.

During the revolution’s grim first decade, thousands of dissidents were summarily shot in its yards.

Ancient medical practitioners sometimes cut tumors out, but the prognosis was known to be grim.

Because of his association with the underworld, Hades is often thought of as a grim figure.

All this has led to a grim, and sudden, reassessment of growth prospects, especially in the rich world.

She meets us in her sparse office, a grim, Soviet-style building set on a windswept plain.

The grim outlook for container shipping is not simply a reflection of the recession. There is a deeper concern.

Shewore grim dark suits that did not flatter her petite frame, and her hair was acareless mop of black curls.

There were no clear signs of biological activity, and the pictures Viking beamed back showed a bleak, frozen desert world, backing up that grim assessment.

To a roomful of grim-faced officials, he declared that China must "resolutely resist" vulgar, cheap and kitsch forms of culture.

Job prospects were grim though, and she said she'd take anything, even "working for a family" (a euphemism for domestic service).

With a grim visage that seemed more appropriate for a runner-up than the winner of such a prestigious prize, Obama did his best to deflect the honor.

Reconciling this grim financial picture will require at the least raising taxes and cutting spending—two unpopular options that may further polarize parties as election season heats up.

People do it all the time. It only takes a grim determination to force yourself consciously to interact with each new wave of technology, no matter how insipid it seems.

An increase in drink-driving by young people has caused a grim death toll from late-night weekend accidents; the new rules in effect outlaw drinking for drivers under the age of 21.

My grandmother did not reply, but there was a glint in her eye and a grim set to her jaw that signaled she was not going to be 14)thwarted.

It is this grim reality that prompted the World Food program to begin its cash-for-work program earlier this year in some of the areas most affected by violence and insecurity.

Instead of the usual parade of expensive ads paying tribute to American consumerism, 2009's Super Bowl will reflect a country in recession and herald a grim year for the advertising industry.

And then, when he had had his fling, when the tent top blew off and he had a good look at the sky, he saw that it wasn't just a circus, but an arena, just like everywhere. And a damned grim one.