Explore Grimness through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like difficulty or rigorousness. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Grimness in a sentence
Grimness meaning
The characteristic or quality of being grim.
Synonyms of Grimness
Using Grimness
- The main meaning on this page is: The characteristic or quality of being grim.
- Useful related words include: ghastliness, difficulty, rigourousness, rigorousness.
- In the example corpus, grimness often appears in combinations such as: the grimness, grimness of.
Context around Grimness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grimness
- In this selection, "grimness" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include all the grimness of this and assumes a grimness and purposefulness. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grimness" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grimness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The grimness has ended. (4 words)
Immense, twisty true-life storytelling that keeps everyone gripped without descending into grimness. (13 words)
For all the grimness of this scene, that reaction plays like a hilarious punchline. (14 words)
The outcome of the 2011 presidential election continues to resonate in our consciousness with the grimness of the killings of Nigerians, including some youth corps members that officiated in the election, particularly in Bauchi State. (35 words)
In the final act his music assumes a grimness and purposefulness that reflects his new fatalism: "He will make one more appeal; if Carmen refuses, he knows what to do". (30 words)
The grimness of the world is apparent everywhere, or so I was often reminded across seven shows in three days: Why limit the grievous specifics to just one? (28 words)
The grimness of the world is apparent everywhere, or so I was often reminded across seven shows in three days: Why limit the grievous specifics to just one? (28 words)
Example sentences (8)
Immense, twisty true-life storytelling that keeps everyone gripped without descending into grimness.
The grimness has ended.
For all the grimness of this scene, that reaction plays like a hilarious punchline.
The suburbs of 1980s Stockholm are covered in blankets of snow, which induce a suffocating sheet of grimness from start to finish.
The grimness of the world is apparent everywhere, or so I was often reminded across seven shows in three days: Why limit the grievous specifics to just one?
The outcome of the 2011 presidential election continues to resonate in our consciousness with the grimness of the killings of Nigerians, including some youth corps members that officiated in the election, particularly in Bauchi State.
The women have wine, and snacks, and hair care products, but it all serves to highlight the grimness of the reality they’re living through.
In the final act his music assumes a grimness and purposefulness that reflects his new fatalism: "He will make one more appeal; if Carmen refuses, he knows what to do".
Common combinations with grimness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the grimness 5×
- grimness of 4×