"Says she cannot tell for certain, Captain," he stated grimly.
"You're already off to a good start on that project," Brim stated grimly.
"There will be no mistakes this time," Jeremy stated grimly.
"I'll not allow you to leave," he stated grimly.
We've certainly enough of that during our trip," Edmund stated grimly.
"Somebody's going to try that test you mentioned, if you don't stop him," Clark stated grimly.
"We only get one chance at this," the sec man stated grimly.
'I want to talk to you,' she stated grimly.
In other words, as a character states grimly: "This is a mass epidemic of good feeling.
"I will not have this House judged as being without honor," she stated grimly.