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单词 grim-faced
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Definition of grim-faced in English:

grim-faced

adjective
  • Having a very serious or gloomy expression.

    grim-faced security personnel
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is a hefty gate, a squad of police officers, a security firm and a three-mile drive between the wedding party and the grim-faced media.
    • Grim-faced employees leaving the plant this morning after their night shifts would not comment on the announcement.
    • Then a rich older man named Piggy with a wandering eye and a grim-faced wife with lots of diamonds enters the picture.
    • The Foreign Secretary's entourage was viewed with deep suspicion by the small army of grim-faced soldiers wielding machine guns.
    • The grim-faced hotel owner, who did not want to give his name, said he knew nothing about the incident.
    • The disappointed coach was grim-faced at the end and said that they were beaten by a better team.
    • The sight of them emerging grim-faced from the coffeshop on Thursday was the first sign of serious trouble.
    • The folks in the court are also saying the jury seemed really grim-faced, very upset.
    • People queued grim-faced at bus stops.
    • The grim-faced city mayor, perhaps mindful of what he suspected were inadequate defences against a storm of this violence, was equally alarmed.
    Synonyms
    solemn, earnest, serious, sombre, sober, severe
 
 
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