The late 1930's were a grim time in France.

With a couple of exceptions, the 1980s were a grim time for English cricket.

"These are bleak, grim times that will require some difficult measures," he said.

The face showed the wear of a grinding, at times grim, season.

There's no question that this is a grim time for money in the independent film world.

It is much needed in these grim times, a real tonic.

Indeed, these had been grim times for most of the old families in Dublin, with one notable exception.

Heads hung as the men thought about what it must have been like back in such a grim time.

Otherwise, they're in for a grim time of it.

Rarely has a president taken office in grimmer times, both at home and abroad.