grim fate

Frequency: 6.89.1 per million words

Used to describe a future that is very serious and depressing.

fateADJECTIVE + NOUN

Categories:

grim

Examples (10)

  • He faces a grim fate if he is sent back to his own country.
  • The prisoners awaited their grim fate in silence.
  • War criminals must accept the grim fate that awaits them.
  • She couldn't escape the grim fate that had been sealed.
  • The rebels knew they would meet a grim fate if captured.
  • His betrayal had condemned him to a grim fate.
  • The documentary revealed the grim fate of political prisoners.
  • Nothing could save them from their grim fate.
  • The convicted spy contemplated his grim fate.
  • They were resigned to the grim fate that lay ahead.