When Benny impulsively gets a skinhead haircut, his father grimly asks whom he was trying to impress.

I asked grimly, seeing the darkened silhouette of a Klingon station slide into view without any indication of lights or power glowing within.

Dorian asked grimly, leaning out from the saddle to stare into hisface.

Well, Miss Minerva grimly asked herself, what was she going to do about it?

Roddy asked grimly, rising ominously to his feet.

Lon asked grimly, spittin into the dust.

Ulvissen asked grimly, taking in the scene.

Luke asked grimly, touching a slightly sore place on her temple.

I asked grimly, trying not to take my concentration from the battle raging in the meadow.

In the embarrassing silence Tarrant asked grimly, "What's your major complaint against the carrier captains?"