It lacked the northern city's grim, grimy appearance.
During their niyoga, Ambalika fell pale due to Vyasa's grim appearance.
Most of the streets they rode along were narrow and steep, presenting, under the heavy grey of the sky, a dull, ancient, rather grim appearance.
It was finally removed in 1989 after being derided for its grim appearance.
"Do not take me for a fool," he said suddenly, and for the first time the cold authority in his voice matched his grim appearance.
Despite Mordec's wound, his grim appearance and even grimmer manner would have given any man pause.
The town itself had the grim appearance of having once been a fortress.
Of rather grim appearance, she wore a tunic of writhing snakes.
"To counteract my grim appearance, I think, though she was not so unkind as to say that directly."
Despite being relatively young, the responsibility of his duties gives Steven a somewhat grim and weathered appearance.