grimness

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.,

Try Anything Twice 1938

I don't think this 'grimness' is just a female author/novels thing.

So, what is it about women's fiction... Glenda Larke 2010

There was no exultation in Arthur, only a kind of grimness, as if he had accepted some burden which he must bear whether he wanted to or not.

Merlin's Mirror Norton, Andre 1975

Mrs. Armitage, his cook, has given tales of his "grimness" to the cottages where her comfortable presence is welcomed on Sunday and

Once Aboard the Lugger 1925

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.

Combed Out Frederick Augustus Voigt 1924

And his voice sank with a kind of grimness into silence.

Acres of Diamonds and His Life and Achievements 1915

And his voice sank with a kind of grimness into silence.

Acres of Diamonds Conwell, Russell H 1915

And his voice sank with a kind of grimness into silence.

Acres of Diamonds: our every-day opportunities Russell Herman Conwell 1884

Orange prize 'grimness' is not the fault of women novelists

WN.com - Business News 2010

Fed up: Orange Prize judge Daisy Goodwin complained that the novels she read to compile her shortlist were full of 'grimness'

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