| 单词 | grim |
| 例句 | You see, Ada Taylor had a grim history. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Over it all rise the grim, red, elaborate walls of the Royal House, which though in perpetual use is inhabited by no one beside the king himself. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The atmosphere at the time was extremely grim, with newspapers routinely speculating that we would receive the death sentence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At the gym, it was a grim scene. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Mom ran her palm over my curls, her face grim. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I trudged through the next day barefoot, cloakless, and thinking grim thoughts about my life. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Jethro did not actually visualize the grim possibilities that faced him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Such a grim view of human nature you have,” he says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z "Dragonstone is a grim home for a child. Let her fool go with her, so she will have a familiar face about her." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He made a third grab: caught the heel: held on like grim death, shouting to Polly “Go!” then—Oh, thank goodness. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “My song will have both,” my father said with grim determination. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Papa looked grim, like he was driving me to the state prison, so I didn’t press him on what Mrs. had waiting for me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Just short of the finish line, a gleaming white 250-foot coast guard cutter, the Champlain, was tied up in the shadow of an imposing grim, gray U.S. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I saw a grim smile contort Mr. Rochester’s lips, and he muttered— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z And if you don't believe me, look under "grim" in the dictionary, it sure doesn't say "a smart grown-up." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He said, and his voice was urgent and grim: "This settles it. Armstrong is in hiding somewhere in that house. I'm going to get him." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He looked taken aback when he heard me speak, and a good portion of the grim suspicion faded from his expression. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I merely postulated that you call your grandfather ‘Grim’ because he's grim. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z His face was so grim that his ever-present smile creases disappeared. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z After three span I was still fine, but only through a grim, set-jaw type of determination. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The right side of the guy’s lips inched up, turning a grim line into a mocking smirk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z If he could just do this smartly and well, maybe Prince wouldn't be so grim. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything was bleak and grim; even the red of the palace walls were cold. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They simply looked and nodded in grim respect, remembering their own Treatment, and Palmer’s heart would swell. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Madoc pauses and then sets his jaw, as though he is doing some grim duty. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The headmistress gave him a grim smile, almost kind, and then she said almost exactly the same thing his father had said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Her face was grim and set in a way I had never seen before. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just working too hard,” said the alchemist with a grim smile. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As Scrimgeour came within range of the lantern light, Harry saw that he looked much older than the last time they had met, scraggy and grim. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Dorian appeared by the table, heartbreakingly handsome as always, and gave her a grim smile as he stuffed his hands in his pockets and looked toward his father. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Our server approached with a cheery smile that disappeared the moment he saw Audrey's grim expression. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z His mouth is a grim line, his eyes wild. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s dark and grim back here, and clumps of dust dance over the floor when we walk past. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. Baylor went back to unloading the dishwasher, her expression grim. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z His young nephews and cousins—a brood of Gitneys he called “The Young Men”—would come to dine with grim faces. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Magdalys could feel that grim determination sharpen their focus as their shakiness fell away. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The possibilities of the answers were too grim. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Her eyes were squeezed shut, her mouth set tight and grim. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I saw her just beyond Liam’s shoulders, her face a grim mask. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When he replied, his words were weighty and spoken with a grim resolve. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And he has been flapping those grim wings to some purpose of late—Lucy’s mother and Arthur’s father, and now.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The grimmest examples of germs’ role in history come from the European conquest of the Americas that began with Columbus’s voyage of 1492. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Her normally chatty mouth was a grim slash of determination. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “I must admit, though, that the alternative for me is rather grim. I doubt very seriously whether anyone will hire me.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I fall asleep with a smile on my face even though I’m doing grim work. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z His face is grim and long, his eyes are burning in his pallid face. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Ayanna’s voice sounded grim for some reason, but I didn’t ask why. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z No more children’s games for him, races and hide-and-seek, but the grim trials of slave men. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Clever,” the Sister said, her mouth a thin, grim line. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The arrival of the electric chair in 1891 marked the beginning of the grim period for which Sing Sing grew world famous: as a center for executions. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom welcomed my presence with a grim smile. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He was grim and grave as ever, but Ged knew now his compassion, and loved him well. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She was living alone with John in a furnished room even grimmer than the room that had been hers in Madame Williams’s apartment. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z La cité is a grim, dust-colored homeland, and I suffer nostalgia for our life in the interior. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so, it’s strange how one side of the road is so different from the other—high society on the left, grim and grisly on the right. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When I turn to look at him, he gives me a sharp squeeze of warning, but not before I see the grim cast of his face. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z By noon, I had worked myself into such a grim mood that I snapped at Sim during lunch and we bickered like an old married couple. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The square line of his jaw seemed a little sterner and grimmer. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z They were desperate, grim, taking the Miltown we had smuggled in to them, and still not sleeping. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They both sat nodding in agreement, faces full of grim righteousness, uttering dire home truths and generally working themselves up into a fine old state of indignation. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They’d cook all the meat that remained, and have some grim semblance of a party on his roof. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “You don’t sound too sure of that,” he said, and there was yet a note of grim humor in his voice. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Her face looked grim in the light of the new flames. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I am expected, she thought with grim pleasure. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Obviously he could pull it off alone, but maybe he wanted to see Guitar warm and joking again, his face open and smiling instead of with that grim reaper look. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But before long, the party was over and grim reality set in. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His face was grim, his eyes intense and focused on the white box ten feet in front of him. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z She wore a grim, determined expression and I swallowed, then squeezed my eyes shut tight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He stood in the middle of Rollins’ opulent office looking like a dark blot of ink, his face grim, his hands resting on a crow-handled walking stick. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I swung the backpack around, trying to dislodge the thief, but Gum Baby held on with grim determination. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Chess asked, in such a grim voice that Emma could tell he was thinking, Mom isn’t. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Eighty-nine, and skin and bones like a mummy, she stood listening at her open front door, hands on hips and very grim of face. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The sun had shifted round, and the myriad windows of the Ministry of Truth, with the light no longer shining on them, looked grim as the loopholes of a fortress. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z My heart sank as we nine eyeballed one another with grim expressions. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The round face, swollen and grim, was framed between hand-printed window signs advertising the week's special sales. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The mood in their meeting that night was subdued: no bickering, no laughter, only a general feeling of grim resolve. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They are helpless in this grim fighting area, they fall like flies. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She was pleased with the prospect of anything to do—if “pleased” could be used in connection with so grim an interest. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Mark took a quick look around and realized their prospects were grim. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Then, suddenly, with one of her most audible sighs, she stood up and, grim and duty-bound, moved into the washstand area Zooey had vacated. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Robert McNamara agreed that the situation was grim, the options limited. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In the High District, a few students, afire with idealism, made faces at their relatives huddled before the television screen with grim expressions and went out to join the procession. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He is staring out at the ship, his face set in grim lines. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He looked serious and grim, nothing like the little boy he’d seen in those rainbow images. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Only the strangeness of it, to me a Terran, and the strangeness of seeing the flash of my friend’s spirit in this grim, fierce, provincial boy, made me dumb for a while. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The shadows of bars lay across the tiny patch of light; instead of brightening the cell, the wan rays made it appear only more grim and closed in. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z A little of the official atmosphere seemed to have fallen away from him with the Newspeak words, but his expression was grimmer than usual, as though he were not pleased at being disturbed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Although a capital trial can be quite grim, our spirits were generally high. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her expression was grim, her mouth turned down at the comers, but her voice was soft and low. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Even by the grim standards of Russian assassinations, the violence of this murder was a testimony to the visceral hatred that he had inspired in his enemies. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I recognised his decisive nose, more remarkable for character than beauty; his full nostrils, denoting, I thought, choler; his grim mouth, chin, and jaw—yes, all three were very grim, and no mistake. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The conversation took a downward turn from there, and even though none of them said what they were thinking, the evening ended on a grim note. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The last person I need to see right now is a know-it-all grim reaper. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z And so, tomorrow night, we shall hold the first of these grim fêtes to inter the dead and trick the gods. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It was a grim smile with no humor in it. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z When he saw the roomful of bare scalps, though, he immediately got kind of a grim facial expression. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The Stark words had never sounded so grim or ominous to Jon as they did now. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I urged that our first offering should be a bill of three one-act plays, including Paul Green’s Hymn to the Rising Sun, a grim, poetical, powerful one-acter dealing with chain gang conditions in the South. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Liam’s expression was grim as he leaned over and pulled my hair out from where it was trapped beneath the collar. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His face had become very serious, almost grim, with every trace of laughter taken from it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Fearless hobbits with bright swords and grim faces were a great surprise. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z His face was grim when he hung up. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Even by the austere standards of the Appalachian Trail, this was grim. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Though of iron, the cauldron seemed alive, grim and brooding with ancient evil. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Some ministers of state stood by it, arguing and looking grim, but my father was not among them. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The place is grim and creepy, and it leaves me sad. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z No wonder farmers looked grim all the time. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z There's a study group in the first listening room, five serious people, grim. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone starts eating it, but the mood in the room is grim. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z My face set to a grim and determined expression. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She could hear the grim amusement in Diana’s voice. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He was tired; his shoulders were sagging and his face was grim. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was quicker and grimmer than any smile he’d seen before. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Along the walls figures half-seen moved through the shadows, pale shades with long grim faces. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Galanter nodded, still looking grim, and started off the field. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z We all hurry to senior hall, rushing by the grim faces of the school staff that line the corridors. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z This was because of the grim fact that the older young salmon had been killed off by the spraying in 1954. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Walking across the train station’s vast parking lot, he seemed oblivious to the stream of grim, paunchy commuters on their way into the city. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of the formless stream of sad but horrible sounds, strings of words would now and again shape themselves: grim, hard, cold words, heartless and miserable. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They made way for him silently, conscious of his grim mood and the fault at the fire. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Then suddenly the grim face broke down into what might have been the beginnings of a smile. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The propeller cuts out; Captain Nemo emerges from his cabin for the first time in weeks, looking grim. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She should thank whatever grim god had decided to end Xavier’s life. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I must not deceive myself; it was no dream, but all a grim reality.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z She looked at me then and her mouth shrank to a grim line as she drew her lips in. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Reluctantly Sticky put his glasses back on, and in grim silence they all read the pamphlet. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Many of them were wearing the same shades of orange and blue as Mrs. Childers, but their grim expressions made it seem more like they were headed to a funeral than to a sporting event. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She glanced out the window before she spoke, her mouth set in a grim line. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z We were all three jittery and grim, just hours past a terrible night; but the day was fair, we were together, and Mr. Kendall was caught and jailed where he couldn’t hurt us. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Then they heard the footsteps again, growing louder, and after a few minutes Osha emerged into the light, looking grim. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z By the time Mother examined the bill, all their faces were grim. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He considered me for a moment, his face grim. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It's a pretty grim world when I can't even feel superior to a toddler. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Outside the house, past the line of grim guards, reporters and photographers waited according to the tradition of the caste. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z That was a grim place, even at the best of times. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I think they would,” came from under the hat, in a grim tone, quite as touching as a broken one. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you ever think about being homesick? If your home was Hill House would you be homesick for it? Did those two little girls cry for their dark, grim house when they were taken away?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Jam and Pet stared as Redemption called his uncle, a grim light burning behind his eyes. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Cutie sounded grim, “Globes of energy millions of miles across! Worlds with three billion humans on them! Infinite emptiness! Sorry, Powell, but I don’t believe it. I’ll puzzle this thing out for myself. Good-by.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I heard the clop of horse hooves, and ChirOn galloped up behind us, looking grim. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Caputo’s grim expression told me that this was not a request. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z As the echoes died around the room his face went grim. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Butler grinned with grim satisfaction and ducked around the corner. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Once he finished he made a grim face. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The lake, he realized, was not black in reflection of the sky; the water itself was dark, flat, and as grim and heavy as iron. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Pizarro had similarly grim luck when he landed on the coast of Peru in 1531 with 168 men to conquer the Inca Empire of millions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the campers, all of them grim and determined. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z In conversation they papered over the grim realities of their jobs with cheery euphemisms. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Against that grim list, the sole crowd infectious diseases that can be attributed with certainty to pre-Columbian Native American societies were nonsyphilitic treponemas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A man who had been with him as they waited for the bus to Johannesburg to apply for permits had brought my mother the grim news. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I could tell from Barack’s grim tone that there was much still to be resolved. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My father used to beat me sore — I’ve learned that life is grim. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z I thought of Hamlet's anatomy book that showed a skeleton laid bare beneath the skin, a grim reminder of waiting Death. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The defenders viewed their work with grim satisfaction. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His face was lined and grim where it wasn’t hidden by the beard. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The four were not the first to taste human flesh during this grim march, she would wager—only the first to be discovered. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But the smiles around her were friendly, and the place smelled like the living: a musty mix of sweat and smoke and whiskey—so much better than the grim, antiseptic emptiness of the orphanage. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Now Mr. Fitt was a grim man, an enforcer, with a small, sneering mouth; in another life he might have been a carnivorous fish. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘The lesson in caution has been well learned,’ said Strider with a grim smile. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I can’t hear all of his words, but I can see George’s lips tighten into a grim line. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Miss Effie Belle had a grim face any time, punctuated by a big pink wart that stuck out from the side of her upper lip like the feeler of a bee. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But when Lyddie was finally able to rouse herself from her own pain, she saw that Diana’s face was drawn, the expression grim and set. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Percy kicked the dust on the rocks, his expression grim and dissatisfied. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z James glanced up and saw Aunt Spiker standing over him, grim and tall and bony, glaring at him through her steel-rimmed spectacles. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The last time I cried was the first night at the hospital—when things were looking really grim as we approached midnight. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But then Zeke waves me over to his table, looking grim, and I guide my feet in that direction. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I’d been fooled because my great-great-grandfather wore the same suit and the same grim face in both photographs, his hair thick and long. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He turned to me, his face grim again. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The grim news was digested in silence by the assembled creatures. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z On the wall behind the couch were two thumpingly grim African masks. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z It was a grim farm and a grim house, unloved and unloving. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He stood in the doorway, filling up the space like a broken-down grim reaper. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Not so much paternally, in that grim way my father always impressed himself on me, which eventually built up in my chest a resolve that told me I would never yield to him or surrender. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She then disappeared into the cabin, and Deydey spent the day chopping wood, hauling water, hunting, and talking to Old Tallow, who had come near in grim worry. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He sees me and I expect a smile, but his face is grim. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I looked around at all the grim faces and blew out a puff of air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It was just after the major returned, battle weary and grim, talking about the end of the world and God's judgment. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z And then her expression turned grim, as if, in the brief silence between us, she had intuited the terrible thing I’d come to tell her. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She went to the Ellens in the kitchen to see if they knew how she was, but she found them grim and silent, which sent another chill. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mama nodded and looked grim—even grim looked beautiful on Mama. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He gave me a grim smile, then turned to address everyone. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was a grim prospect for the Catholic Church, especially since it was beginning to have trouble with its subjects on even its own world. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He posed a few inquiries with anger to Dr. Trefusis, demanding to be told of who conceived of that grim—I write it—that grim autopsy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Scholars in scarlet robes were hunched at long tables, and they all looked up from their scrolls and tomes, eyes grim with disapproval. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z My father looked grim as he studied the war maps that showed the Allied advance between D day and the third week of July. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z His face was grim and set, but resolute. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Odysseus found grim cheer in their good wishes— his work had started well. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There's a grim logic to this: If the rover breaches, I'm dead. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked very black and grim, for the sun was now setting right behind them. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z This was a strange and mysterious war zone but I supposed it was quite well run and grim compared to other wars with the Austrians. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z His mouth was set in a grim line, and his eyes were steady: lion’s eyes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘Speak and be comforted, and shake off the shadow! What has happened since we came back to this grim place in the grey morning?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A baker’s oven in the ruins of the shop like a grim totem, human remains bent behind the steel of a jail cell. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The picture on this one was grim: a man was lying facedown on the ground with a bunch of swords sticking out of his back. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Coin’s voice, perhaps a shade grimmer, fills the bunker, the volume level flickering with the lights. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The grin on his face is fixed, joyless, grim. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I follow an uncharacteristically grim Oscar out onto the front stoop. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z But underneath their grim expressions you could detect a hint of excitement. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But grim news awaits them when they ride into Rice’s Station. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Look...I know it was stupid, but—” Before he could confess, Uncle Amin walked through the door, his face grim. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The sewing kit wrapped in cheesecloth evokes the Byrnes’ grim home. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z During my years researching the murders of the Osage, I had turned my small office in New York into a grim repository. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He looked straight at me, his expression grim. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The king’s men were sent out to deliver the grim news and to collect from the people of the Kingdom of Dor their kettles, their spoons, and their bowls. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He is dressed all in green, his mouth pulled into a grim line. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As I stared out at the grim skyline, a bright sliver of the sun peeked over the horizon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Those that survived this “natural selection” would restart the grim cycle again—Sisyphus moving from one famine to the next. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Here was Baba and his best friend and business partner, Rahim Khan, standing outside our house, neither one smiling—I am a baby in that photograph and Baba is holding me, looking tired and grim. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It is always harder to cope with the disasters and tragedies one imagines than with the reality, however grim or disagreeable. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s hard but it’s fair, Matt thought with a grim smile. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Until this point I had barely spoken a dozen words, responding to most of their tentative questions with grim silence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z From her perch in the tree, Jess watched with grim satisfaction. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then, face grim, he starts to inch backward. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z They made a grim display in their ring- mail, iron halfhelms, and black cloaks, with tall spears in their hands and swords and daggers on their belts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She glances around, captivated by the grim awesomeness of our yard. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I sought Rebellion, and found grim Authority engirded there; I mustered in the ranks of Royal Authority, and found there only Chaos fighting in straighter lines. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There was no denying that their situation was looking grim. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The grim blackness of the stones told by what fate the Hall had fallen—by conflagration: but how kindled? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z His face was set hard and grim and eager: he wouldn’t turn aside. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But his messages, in stark contrast to Jesse’s feisty determination, were grim. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I called you some pretty grim things,” she said. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z A few days later, when I was next called to Mr. Turner’s office, he had his hands folded on his desk and was looking grim. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Branson paused, her lips set in a grim line as if her thoughts were playing tug-of-war. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Slapping Robbie had given her a whole new outlook on this otherwise grim night. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Thomas’s heart sank as he snapped back to reality and remembered how grim the world had become. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “I guess there’s no other choice,” Carlisle agreed, his face grim. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He’s not bad-looking, I suppose, but he seems too grim to be any fun. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z As I ran in, Grandpa met me at the door, grim of face. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z His face was drawn in thought, his mouth set in a grim line that didn’t suit him at all. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Kevin was cracking up, but the faces of the jurors were grim. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z But however grim they might be, they seemed to have no leader among them who understood warfare. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When Elizebeth saw William wearing “a certain grim look that came around his mouth,” she would know that something had gone wrong. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z "As you say, my lord, but . . . why Harrenhal? That is a grim, unlucky place. Some call it cursed." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He wore a flat cap on his head, a caterpillar mustache below his nose, and a grim expression that pulled down the corners of his mouth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He was sentenced to be hanged inside the penitentiary, and White, though opposed to capital punishment, was given the grim task of overseeing the execution, much as his father had done in Texas. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Finally, Xan threw the doors of the workshop wide open, a look of grim satisfaction on her face. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He felt goose pimples clacking all over him as he gazed down despondently at the grim secret Snowden had spilled all over the messy floor. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z There was an ironic tone to that final message, as if the Speaker found it amusing; and Jonas had smiled a little, though he knew what a grim statement it had been. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Matthew finished reading the inscription: “‘Above all on the same grim condition to keep friends with himself. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z There was gravity in her, but nothing grim or bleak. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Her face is grim and her voice barely audible as she says what my dad won’t. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z With a grim look on her face, Francesca strode across the street to talk to the police. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z His black cloak was tom and travel-stained, his face haggard and grim, but his eyes still held the fierce pride of a hawk. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Shahnaz Auntie, the bride’s mother, looks grim, probably worried about her daughter’s reaction to the wedding night. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He builds for Freedom — & this is his grim & unsmiling Joy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The first was an enthusiastic and precise exhibit by the Germans endorsing “race hygiene”—a grim premonition of times to come. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z His usual friendly smile was gone, replaced with a look of grim determination. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As I fumbled about for an explanation, Kilvin’s grim expression spread into a sudden smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A grim, swift ship she looked, and all in sea-trim, with all her crew aboard. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Her own were grim enough, and she wasn’t faced with the notion of burning people alive. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He saw Prince’s face harden into grim lines again. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I think of Madoc’s grim expression, jaw locked, doubtlessly unused to children, no less human ones. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “That’s not for me to say,” was Amy’s grim reply, but her lips would smile, and there was a traitorous sparkle of the eye which betrayed that she knew her power and enjoyed the knowledge. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “A grim mood has gripped the country,” the opponent had concluded, barely concealing his own broad grin. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Both of them were watching the funeral with the same grim faces. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She was so tired she felt quite dizzy, but for the first time since they had set off Mo's face wasn’t looking grim with anxiety. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I was tight-lipped and grim, and, after the events of the last several days, not terribly intimidated by the authority of two paunchy old men. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Their greasy uncolored hair hung down, uncombed, with a grim finality. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, having found his way to Village, he had thought his own brutal beginnings—a fatherless hovel for a home; a grim, defeated mother who beat him and his brother bloody—were unusual. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Elodin tried the latch, then turned to the broad-shouldered man, his face going grim. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My mother had been crying, so her face was pretty grim too. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She couldn’t see it on his face, which was like a death mask: grim and lifeless with hollows for eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The fate of the inner solar system as the Sun becomes a red giant is grim enough. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Their faces were grim, and the lines of their cloaks spoke of swords to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Dakota and Gwen walked back from the officers’ conference, looking grim. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And small men That buy and sell for silver being slaves Crinkle the fat about their eyes; and yet No Prince of the Cities of the Sea has taken her, Leading to his grim bed. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She leaned against a giant Fjerdan with a shaved head and grim blue eyes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z No one said much, the mood somber and grim. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z When the broadcaster came back on, it was with a grim forecast of whatever was left of Wall Street. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Their officers barked commands with urgency, the men marched grim faced, swords flapping against their legs, rifles bouncing on their shoulders. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Thirst and her bladder both urged her to get up, but the prospect of leaving her alcove was grim. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The eight were grim as they approached the boxcars containing their wards. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z On the drive home, we all wept, unable to console each other, for my sisters had heard the same grim news from Pedrito and Leandro. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The family home in the north—Briony imagined streets of blackened mills, and grim men trudging to work with sandwiches in tin boxes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Now, when I got her in the boat,” he went on, “I had the most grim shock I’d ever known, because that young woman had no daemon.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z A few students snickered; these the teacher went to with a grim face, cane in hand, and said in a deadly tone, “Get up and touch your toes!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice was soft but his face was grim. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z These were no longer the grim keeps of Arthur’s accession. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthew’s glance moved from the shawl to his daughter’s quiet eyes, and barely perceptibly the grim line of his jaw relaxed. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z But they were not to be seen in the woods this grim March. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The truth about the warren had been a grim shock. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hope she can bring the others to her side,” Mama says, her face grim. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Kit looked from one grim waiting face to another. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “My husband is often bad-tempered when he gets home, wrathful and grim of mind. He treats his guests badly,” the giantess warned them. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Facing the threat of starvation, thirst, and murderous soldiers, I looked upon our long walk as a sort of grim game. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Infinite are the arguments of mages,” Vetch quoted, with a smile that was somewhat grim. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Tendai knew, as eldest brother, that he ought to object, but he was still in a grim mood about what he had heard in the library. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Early stood with his legs wide apart, his hands clasped behind his back, heavy in the jaw, his face bleak and grim, black beard dirty and untrimmed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave Alec a grim look and followed the older man past them, to the stairs to the basement, and went down, weapons held at the ready. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z In 1883, with rather grim determination, the German embryologist August Weismann had performed an experiment that directly attacked Darwin's gemmule theory of heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Dill’s mother, dressed in her maid’s uniform, walked in and looked around, her face grim. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “He was looking at you,” she said quietly, her features grim. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The ranger sat astride his broad back, grim and silent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The high spirits with which we left Pretoria had been snuffed out by its stern atmosphere; we were face to face with the realization that our life would be unredeemably grim. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Aragorn walked behind him, grim and silent, stooping now and again to scan some print or mark upon the ground. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Every town of any real size held their Friday Festival, closing with the same grim finale. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “In due time, Ophelia, it will come to light,” said Hamlet, though he seemed not to be thinking of our love, for his face was grim. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z An armed guard with a grim expression let us in at the wrought-iron gate. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Their grim, redeyed stares drove away most of the remaining spectators who were idling about. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The premise of their misadventure was enough to get them hanged, but the murder ensured grim abuse before they swung. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It wasn’t even the prospect of returning to his grandfather’s grim house. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z That part of the grim history of sugar and slavery was over. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Stubbly, grim, brown leather jacket, All Blacks rugby shirt. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It was going to be a grim day. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The arm was a grim enough thing without that, and he felt sure it was entirely disgusting. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She smiled at the grim good women but the smile went away when she saw that they answered her with frowns. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Face grim, the farmer stepped close behind the mercenary and stabbed down hard, driving the whole of the short blade deep into the mercenary’s body where the shoulder meets the neck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But this grim encounter made her more than ever determined to go through with her mission. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Jethro was seeing in his mind’s eye gray-clad men standing side by side, forming a single line across miles of fields, hills, and rivers; grim, forbidding men except for one familiar face. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Her grim expression seemed to say: What will become of me? Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z ‘Greatly changed he seemed to me since I saw him first in the king’s house,’ said Éowyn: ‘grimmer, older. Fey I thought him, and like one whom the Dead call.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The monkey was unscrewing the clasp, and the President, his face a mask of grim exultation, was twisting wires together. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z By the time morning came, my grim decision was taken. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He glanced around the bathroom over my shoulder, his mouth pressed in a grim line. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Hopefully this letter finds you, although none of my other letters have been answered’ I love you, my darling daughter; and the news I share is grim. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In her eyes, we were a class of “bad kids,” though we had no guidance and no structure and had been sentenced to a grim, underlit room in the basement of the school. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He sat with a face as grim as President Johnson’s. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The grim expression on his face inspired several boys to begin weeping. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z "There has been a battle under the walls of Riverrun," he said, his mouth grim. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Wimpy helped everyone climb on board, a grim look on his face, his eagle tattoo pumping away. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Morrow’s games had transported me out of my grim surroundings as a lonely kid growing up in the stacks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “During the last twelve months we have gone through a period of grim dictatorship.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, however, it was getting dark and conditions were turning grim. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z They had been boiling over; now they became cold, grim as ice, and quiet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Otherwise, to be a castaway is to be caught up in grim and exhausting opposites. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Pudgy grim smoking women played bingo in a closed-off bit where a spangle-jacketed man calls out numbers and smiles like a bee. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It sits on the ground like a curse: large, grim, shrouded in mystery. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z But it was grim, dangerous work that soon cost him two of his fingers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He remembered Asclepius’s grim expression when the doctor had examined Leo. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Chiron trotted up next to us, a bow in his hand, his face grim. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, her father came up the driveway, a grim expression on his face as he grappled with a large, heavy cardboard box. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She looked at me sternly, her round, fleshy face grim. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Ballets and Broadway musicals and entertainments of that sort will flourish everywhere and will probably make the common folk happier than did the grim, hostile, fascistic pronouncements of their former leaders. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I scan the scene: shaking hands, nervous smiles, grim faces, a group kneeling in prayer a few feet away, their hands cupped in front of them. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z In the dark at the rear, grim and silent, walked Aragorn. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Every house was a temporary watering place where warriors gathered for training and the perfection of their grim art before the tents were struck again. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The reality of that grim period stayed locked inside him, like a code that could not be broken. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Sounds like a ghost shirt,” Sam said, a grim smile on his face. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Brer cleared his throat and John Henry’s face went grim, and again he clammed up. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He was a tall, skinny, silent, grim, black man who had fought in the Civil War with the Union Army. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z His grim expression just reinforced his unfortunate resemblance to a sumo wrestler. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And probably happier that I wasn’t the grim reaper. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The grim silence circled the room like an eager tiger. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Hard fighting and long labour they had still; for the Southrons were bold men and grim, and fierce in despair; and the Easterlings were strong and war-hardened and asked for no quarter. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He saw a grim face settle on Mrs. Torrance, and he was certain she was irritated with him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Officer Williams nodded, a grim smile on his face as he moved on to his next Navajo victim. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to have grown larger; its eyes were cold and grim. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The weed had a nasty edge and the mood was sort of grim. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I have always found change difficult, and leaving Robben Island, however grim it had been at times, was no exception. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood to one side, beside their horses, a gaunt grim man who watched the proceedings in silence. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He looked white-faced and grim, and he was blinking his eyes nervously. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Ron and Hermione, meanwhile, had found a place in the stands next to Neville, who couldn’t understand why they looked so grim and worried, or why they had both brought their wands to the match. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She was driving slowly, staring at the road in a grim and determined fashion. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He returned and assumed a grim, contemplative stance. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z On its back was the flayed man of the Dreadfort done in stiff red leather, grim and grisly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Newt, all grim and solemn, was waiting for Thomas at the top of the stairwell. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Travis, leaning on his staff, doing his best to look grim. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “There’s got to be something, Todd,” she says, her face kinda grim. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z My father became grim and silent, and I began to worry again about his health. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Finally, they end with a slender line of words that run along my left collarbone, a mantra Dad used to repeat to me, a mantra I recite to myself whenever things get too grim. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Roy could feel his shoulders sagging in defeat, while Beatrice’s face had become a mask of grim resignation. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had forced a drink from his flask down the hobbit’s throat, cut his leg-bonds, and dragged him to his feet, Merry stood up, looking pale but grim and defiant, and very much alive. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I saw my mother looking rather grim, but she nodded. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She made a grim face, realizing that this time she was actually going out looking for Special Circumstances. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was power over death, and it was every bit as grim a gift as the ones the Mesarthim had had. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Try as he would, Cluny could not evade the grim avenger with the sword. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It was like something grim and cheerless that has suddenly found within it a will to sing. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem of what was delicately called “leaving the room” was a grim one. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t make it too grim, Holly,” said Hazel, for Pipkin was shuddering at the thought of the blocked run and the pursuing ferret. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘But what names shall I report? And what shall I say of you? Old and weary you seem now, and yet you are fell and grim beneath, I deem.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He saw me, but said nothing, even nodded at me, his mouth set in a grim line. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Cully lost the vertical stripes of his first year’s plumage and became greyer, grimmer, madder, and distinguished by smart horizontal ban where the long stripes had been. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Five minutes for the rest of our lives,” he says, laughing a grim little laugh. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “That is a question I would also like answered,” he says, his tone grim. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “No,” he agreed in a grim tone, “I wouldn’t.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She looked tall and straight and grim and years older. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z More security guards arrived, until approximately fifteen men surrounded the former chess champion in a grim, silent circle. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Ahead of them all the way, the harpy scrambled heavily, her wings dragging, her claws scratching, silent and grim. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “He’s grim today, but he’ll be at the office come the Flood.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I fear to think out of what grim circumstance this arises. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Go on,” said Nokomis, grim with protective fury for her friend Old Tallow. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Although I would rather not have had to tell you in a grim place like this, and not until you’re a little older.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A grim specter has crept upon us almost unnoticed, and this imagined tragedy may easily become a stark reality we all shall know. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Put on Patria, please,” Minerva asked after giving the grim rundown. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But he made that prediction before the bombs fell—indeed, it was during that grim period when the failure of the Alpha racetracks had laid him out in a Chicago hospital room. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The hooded people turn and stare, in a wave, like a thousand grim reapers. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The two steered their robots into the sunlight and toward the waiting Speedy in silence and with grim purpose. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z His expression was grim and reproachful, as if to say: Now, hold still, or I can't kill you properly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes when she woke in the dark, they were perched at the foot of her bed, a grim chorus of urchin faces, boys without bodies, chanting without words, "Go back! Go back!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He didn’t smile when finally he peered over the railing; COs could be so grim. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We smiled and waved back, happy day, two guys on a ride—then drove for a block or two in grim, superstitious silence. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z One of their most famous parties took place in November 1938, when the world situation was grim and their own workload was intense. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He came up to where we stood, his weathered face grim as he squinted at us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They were dirty and festooned with cobwebs and their faces were grim. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z They still weren’t seeing frontline action, but when a fighter pilot of the 586th was involved in an aerial battle, it could be fierce and grim. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Scott Mathis, the Big Hill Trading Company owner who was friends with Hale and Mollie, was asked to supervise the grim task, and he went to the cemetery with his undertaker and a grave digger. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He stops and turns back to me, his face grim. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Richton Park was nearly as grim as Caldwell, if a bit more middle-class and a lot more congested. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All of the contestants appeared to be grim and nervous, stiff as manikins, except for Susan, who was bending the ear of the boy sitting next to her. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “I don’t know why you must be so grim and pessimistic.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Why not? His music seems ...” Bast’s expression was grim. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He wrenched them apart, the muscles of his arms flexing, his face grim. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was lovely and expressive and born of grim necessity. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Liam was facing me again, his mouth set in a grim line. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Molly looks over at Terry, who is shaking her head with grim resignation. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The memory of the grim ceremony had been so real to me that I was surprised to look up and see Momma and Uncle Willie eating by the stove. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of them were ordinary men, rather tall and dark-haired, and grim but not particularly evil-looking. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Others say his mouth was more grim than grin, that his eyes lit up like flashbulbs, because he knew he was finally facing a knot that would stand up and fight, a worthy opponent. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like the most awful and sad opera, the strong music of his English, then her black English; her colorful, almost elevated, mocking of him, and his grim explosions. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She gives me a grim one in return. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Luke stood there grim faced, holding the plates. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The man who glowered before him conformed to the classic stereotype of Marine barber Ben had envisioned in his mind: the face was saturnine, pock-marked, and the mouth was grim. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z By twilight the place seemed even grimmer than it had that morning. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked pretty grim for us, with a score of seventy-eight to eighty-one. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The situation looked very grim, and any understanding that had been achieved with the government seemed lost. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Peregrine climbed it with grim resolve, holding the banister with both hands to pull herself up one step at a time, refusing any help. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Pudgy grim smoking men played this horse-racing game where you bet real money on plastic horses that move round a track. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He waited a long second for the grim possibilities of his statement to sink in. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt braced himself for a stormy scene, but she was dry-eyed and grim. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They were both silent, but the Professor started and quivered; his face, however, grew grimmer and sterner still. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “There will be meat enough for you to chew on,” answered Gwydion with a grim smile. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Mustafa turns off the TV, and everyone sits quietly with grim expressions on their faces. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The boy from District 1 ignites a tree branch for a torch, illuminating the grim determination on all their faces. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They looked reasonably well-cared for, but there was no denying that this was a grim place in which to grow up. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The poor wretch’s circumstances were grim enough to make me reconsider my own situation. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Odysseus, when he saw his adversaries girded and capped and long spears in their hands shaken at him, felt his knees go slack, his heart sink, for the fight was turning grim. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face wore a look of grim decision. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered Nico’s grim expression, his fingers digging into her arm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There was a moment's heated discussion, then one of the antagonists stalked from the room, wearing a grim look. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Ogion never spoke to him, but gave him meat and water and let him sit hunched by the fire, grim as a great, weary, sulking hawk. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She tried to give those who saw her a grim smile, hoping they noticed that she was handcuffed just like they were. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Wagner uses them prolifically throughout his ten most famous operas to evoke pain or anguish, or to tell you something grim might be about to happen. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z "We have sore need of you,, my lord. Rebellion everywhere, this grim omen in the sky, rioting in the city streets . . ." "And whose fault is that, Lord Janos?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z So the war continued, but with Lanre and Lyra fighting side by side the future seemed less grim. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Pippin pulled such a grim face that the boy stepped back a pace, but at once he returned with clenched fists and the light of battle in his eye. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He looked grim and tired, for his eyes were burning, there was an air of such impersonal cruelty about him that despite myself I shivered. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The other possibility is, if anything, more grim. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Whatever it said inside, a grim look of satisfaction came across her face. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Vetch had dropped down to the ground, and now he came between them, grim of face. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Adulthood, after all, already loomed, where she would have to make grimmer and grimmer decisions. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “No talking,” he said, and they walked the rest of the way in grim silence. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Sefia tensed and glanced at the mate, but his grim face was impassive. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “We all know him,” Lavadie said somberly, and the other men nodded yes, muttering agreement, some smiling, some looking grim. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z From the grim look on his face, I can only gather that the Reserve is no longer my safe zone. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He was used to his mind betraying him, taking a moment of joy and turning it sour and grim, spinning it about in his head until it was all he could think about. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Matthew finished reading the inscription: “‘Above all on the same grim condition to keep friends with himself. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was said that his keep was a grim place where servants disappeared unaccountably and even the dogs were afraid to enter the hall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Sophie volunteers to talk to her and comes back looking grim. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Spying on Diana from the bushes was the hunter Actaeon, unaware of the grim fate awaiting him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It all seems a bit grim, doesn’t it? My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Blankenship, looking uncharacteristically grim, kissed Lydia on the cheek and shook Dill’s hand. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Dozens of islanders stopped in to listen while Dave pumped their gas or put on their tire chains and made grim predictions about the weather. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He was grim and silent the whole visit, no matter how hard Sofía and her sisters tried to engage him in conversation. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Most of the staff came from Tutsi families, so the atmosphere in the sanctuary was pretty grim. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a terrible misfortune, and for a moment Milligan seemed his old grim self. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Simmon and Sovoy groused idly about the food, making grim speculations as to what manner of meat was in the stew. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A strange friendship; grim and gambling Longstreet, formal and pious old Bobby Lee. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Glass had made this last offer on her feet—in fact, halfway out of the living room, in the direction of the kitchen, looking rather grim with optimism. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z It was a grim tale, but operative No. 28 was buoyed by the discovery. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Following these dire scenes of correction, the house was grim. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The doctor had told him that it was nothing, but Raymond looked pretty grim. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Usually I loved greeting and meeting with all the furry creatures, but my mind was stuck on Fig and the grim possibilities my research had revealed. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It was a long, mostly grim trip past ugly suburbs, decaying industrial plants, slums, and vast rail and truckyards. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My father’s face became more and more grim as he listened. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z So when he stepped into his father’s study the next morning to begin the first formal day of tutelage, Turner was about as grim as a dark cloud lowering itself over a Sunday-school picnic. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I would have pointed out that she hadn't exactly answered my question, but then I noticed how grim her mouth was, the way all those tight lines radiated out from the edges of her lips. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I owned that I was somewhat surprised to hear that Private Williams was so much in favor of reproduction, when his views of our future were so grim. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Want any more?” asked the old gentleman, looking grim and vexed, but trying not to show it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma writes to Theo that she and Pa received “a very grim letter from him.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Other mothers sat there with grim suffering furrowed on their faces. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were angry and his mouth was set in a tight grim line as he watched the servants mopping and scrubbing the blood from the ivory hall. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z He was stuck in a grim Chicago suburb almost as far from an interesting cultural life as Caldwell was. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The trouble was that she knew the North Pole, had been there with George Edzel only last summer, and what was more, found it pretty grim. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z After the team meetings, the atmosphere in the Permian locker room seemed more grim and determined than it ever had been. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Large numbers of malignant tumors are discovered clinically in children under the age of five, but it is an even grimmer fact that significant numbers of such growths are present at or before birth. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Hyperion is a bad Titan,” Bob announced, his expression grim. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Malcolm X’s mood ranged from somber to grim as he recalled his childhood. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Downstairs, I was permitted a brief good-bye to Winnie, and on this occasion she was not at all grim; she was in high spirits and shed no tears. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I expected her to boast, but her expression was grim. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When the tea bell rang, Jo appeared, looking so grim and unapproachable that it took all Amy’s courage to say meekly... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Chiron appeared out of the woods, looking grim. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z If anything, he sounded grimmer than he had sounded on the Henry. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a grim, overcast day, and when I stepped out of the plane, the cold winter wind whipped through our thin prison uniforms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The grim finality of it all, spoken so simply, boggled my mind. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He picked out from the pile of grim weapons two knives, leaf-bladed, damasked in gold and red; and searching further he found also the sheaths, black, set with small red gems. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As if by a flash of grim light, Indian villages became societies of widows, widowers, and orphans; parents lost their children, and children were suddenly alone. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Lazlo slid from Rasalas’s back and stood before her, and if her despair was grim before that surge of joy, how wretched it was after. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And there remain one more victim in the Vampire fold; one more to swell the grim and grisly ranks of the Un-Dead!... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He had to be held back by the great-breasted ones and their husbands grim. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z From this vantage, in the dim light, the town looked grim. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The causeway has become a sparkling road of stones and white shells, and the quicksand on either side, grim graveyard of nearly a hundred knights, looks as innocent as any beach. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The flickering light played over his face, but there was no play of expression in his strong features; he looked grim and sad. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam’s lips are set in a grim line. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The last forty or fifty miles seemed particularly grim and forbidding, most of it being in die Strellon Game Reserve. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him, ‘Why do you look so sad?’ Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Prince watched in grim silence while the men fumbled with the sails. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t even seem to be here anymore, for the look on his face is distant and grim. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His face was proud and handsome and grim, his eyes rainy gray. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I have never known if Momma sent for us, or if the St. Louis family just got fed up with my grim presence. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Two hours,” he said with a grim certainty, as if defying the workers to contradict him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The innkeeper seems to take a grim satisfaction in being consulted. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z From their nervous frowns I could tell that the situation in the capital was grim. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He could almost see her, waiting in one of the dark airless rooms in the little grim house’s impregnable solitude. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z At least this grim place was not her destination, and surely the colony at Wethersfield would prove more inviting. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I let him hang up first, and then I hung up and lay back in the pillows, feeling grim. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z A thin sheen of sweat covered his forehead, and he looked very grim. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z But his face was rigid and grim, not a trace left of the happiness that had just made it look so soft and open. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He was running toward them, his face set into a grim mask, the tube of glue crushed and empty in his hand. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z News of such wrecks was received by islanders with a grim brand of determinism; it seemed to many that such things were ordained by God, or at any rate unavoidable. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When she comes down to get her bag, she flips up her niqab and gives me a grim smile. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z |
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