grim reminder

collocation in English

meaningsofgrimandreminder

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grim
adjective
uk
/ɡrɪm/us
/ɡrɪm/
worrying, ...
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reminder
noun
uk
/rɪˈmaɪn.dər/us
/rɪˈmaɪn.dɚ/
a written or spoken message that reminds someone to ...
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(Definition ofgrimandreminderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrim reminder

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We all know, do we not, thegrimreminderon an income tax return that late payment of income tax can attract interest.
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They care only for profit and this terrible tragedy is agrimreminderof that.
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Those organised groups do not care about human safety; they care only for profit and this appalling tragedy is agrimreminderof that.
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They were agrimreminderto us of how thin is the veneer of civilisation in some of our territories.
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This is agrimreminderthat problems of pollution are no longer confined to fresh water.
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The autumn of 2000 provided agrimreminderof the misery that serious flooding can cause.
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Those empty factories are a constant andgrimreminderof the lost jobs.
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Wrecked cars usually remained in place for long periods of time, providing agrimreminderof the dangers of the highway.
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But the story does not read at all as agrimreminderof how people would rather hear sweet fiction than sour fact.
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Their story is agrimreminderof all those lives caught up in no mans land.
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