grim truth

Frequency: 7.513.0 per million words

the true but unpleasant facts about something

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Examples (10)

  • We must face the grim truth about the environmental crisis.
  • The grim truth is that funding has completely run out.
  • He tried to shield his family from the grim truth of his illness.
  • Slowly, the grim truth of their isolation began to sink in.
  • It is time for the government to tell the public the grim truth.
  • The report exposes the grim truth behind the accident statistics.
  • She finally accepted the grim truth that he was never coming back.
  • History often sanitizes the grim truth of ancient warfare.
  • The documentary revealed the grim truth of life in the slums.
  • Behind the glamour lies the grim truth of the industry.