There is a certain grimness, too, about the discreet initials which in shop language are used to denote the six sizes of woman – X.O.S. From Wordnik.com. [Try Anything Twice] Reference
I don't think this 'grimness' is just a female author/novels thing. From Wordnik.com. [So, what is it about women's fiction...] Reference
And his voice sank with a kind of grimness into silence. From Wordnik.com. [Acres of Diamonds]
Orange prize 'grimness' is not the fault of women novelists. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
At first I felt a kind of grimness, and then I was thrilled by the thought that perhaps the end of the war might be near. From Wordnik.com. [Combed Out] Reference
Fed up: Orange Prize judge Daisy Goodwin complained that the novels she read to compile her shortlist were full of 'grimness'. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
"Yes," said John, with a kind of grimness; "that's what's extraordinary. From Wordnik.com. [My Friend Prospero] Reference
EHRENREICH: So, it was -- this was not all grimness. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2003] Reference
He spoke with a grimness which was a little startling. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
"I was too late," Ingtar told Lan with a sour grimness. From Wordnik.com. [The Eye of the World]
Hal was forced to smile at the grimness of the boy's tones. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Allies at Verdun Or, Saving France from the Enemy] Reference
Matazaémon smiled faintly -- with gratification or grimness?. From Wordnik.com. [The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
Mr. Wells had not lost any of his grimness when he opened it. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Rose of Mifflin] Reference
Her lips tightened to grimness as she made this announcement. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
At first, but lay silent, the kindly cold masking its grimness. From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon — Complete] Reference
Cameron felt a sudden grimness which had not been present before. From Wordnik.com. [Cubs of the Wolf] Reference
On his way downstairs, the grimness of Mr. McBride's face relaxed. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
But there was a grimness on his face that suggested something more. From Wordnik.com. [The Stone Monkey]
Consequently, he made his dispositions with grimness and determination. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
LISOVICZ: For all its grimness, "The Corporation" does have a happy ending. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2004] Reference
There was a determined ring, not without a touch of grimness, in his tones. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
Betty's shoulder more tightly and holding on with a grimness born of terror. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue] Reference
"Remember" -- the grimness of Koppy's tone was a threat -- "the girl's mine.". From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
"Thou lackest not grimness," answered Flosi, "and what thou wantest is plain.". From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
There is a ferocity about the things, a grimness well suited to a soldier. From Wordnik.com. ["Contemptible", by "Casualty"] Reference
"'Buck & Avery,' says I," she went on, cheerfully oblivious of their grimness. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
There was something a bit humorous, yet sad, about their unchildlike grimness. From Wordnik.com. [Deathworld] Reference
In his "Frost Spirit" Whittier has preserved something of the ancient grimness. From Wordnik.com. [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference
"I feel it!" laughed the other, but again that undernote of grimness rang in his tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
"Where are the snows of yester year?" he quoted, with a certain early-morning grimness. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
For even during peace they abate nothing in the grimness and horror of their countenance. From Wordnik.com. [Tacitus on Germany] Reference
Vilnius wasn't as advertised — no meat shortages, no bread lines, no Soviet-era grimness. From Wordnik.com. [Macarena Lithuania] Reference
It holds together this humour and this grimness which are so truthfully united in his work. From Wordnik.com. [Personality in Literature] Reference
The very grimness of the prairie increased their determination to raise a bulwark against it. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
"We are going to have some fun with them this year," predicted Leila with a touch of grimness. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
It was a thing apart, passionate, unforgettable, haunting in its grimness, its grey melancholy. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
HINOJOSA: At the playground, the children seem happy, but even here the grimness seeps through. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 18, 2001] Reference
"You deserve it!" suddenly answered Glory, with a grimness that startled even the girl herself. From Wordnik.com. [Tabitha's Vacation] Reference
And the man in the moon, too far distant to betray the grimness of his smile, looked silently on. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
The backslapping and high-fives gave way to a kind of focused grimness and some quiet backbiting. From Wordnik.com. [TALKING THE TALK] Reference
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