The prognosis is 'grim'—doctors do not expect her to live longer than six months.
The accident serves as a 'grim' reminder of the dangers of drinking and driving.
Hikers made a 'grim' discovery when they came across a dead body in the woods.
(..) by the serial killer known only as Buffalo Bill. Police indicate that the girl's blouse has been identified, sliced up the back, in what has become a grim, all-too-familiar calling card. Young Catherine Martin is the only daughter of Senator Ruth Martin, the Republican senator from Tennessee. (..)1991 The Silence of the Lambs