But, he said, with most residents without power and water, the situation was growing grim.

His face grew grim as he pulled a letter free.

Upon this saying my father grew silent and grim in his turn.

So the faces of the city grew grimmer than they had ever been before.

His face grew grim even at the glancing touch of that thought.

"I can't say I'm surprised to hear that," she said, her face growing grim.

But ask auto executives about the generation born in the 1960's and they grow grim.

Then his mouth hardened, while the eyes grew even grimmer.

But in any case, as the morning drew on and the line moved forward, his mood grew grimmer.

He felt himself grow cold and grim and a little afraid.