"Grimness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... at him, and was startled by the set grimness of his face and the thunderous lowering of the black smudge ...
— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
... hardened into grimness, and in his eyes there was the light of a fierce purpose. The sight of him comforted me, in ...
— Prester John • John Buchan
... for she made no answer, merely clutching Betty's shoulder more tightly and holding on with a grimness born of terror. ...
— The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point - Or a Wreck and a Rescue • Laura Lee Hope
... Stumpy concealed his uneasiness, yet his eyes searched Dolores's face questingly. None truly believed in the queen's magic powers; yet none was bold enough to openly avow his unbelief; and the added grimness of the storm, assisted by the unearthliness of that howl of anguish, brought the four godless pirates to the ...
— The Pirate Woman • Aylward Edward Dingle
... former failure in kidnapping strangers, he now pursues a quite different plan. When seamen come ashore, he makes up to them like a free-and-easy comrade, invites them to his hut, and with whatever affability his red-haired grimness may assume, entreats them to drink his liquor and be merry. But his guests need little pressing; and so, soon as rendered insensible, are tied hand and foot, and pitched among the clinkers, are there concealed till the ship departs, when, finding themselves entirely ...
— The Piazza Tales • Herman Melville
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