1.   They always watched him, but never with such grim faces.

2.   Face grim, he studied her ashen cheeks.

3.   Andre made grim faces, but returned to battle, seeming unimpaired.

4.   At one house, a family, with grim faces, stood in their front yard with folded arms and a Lewis Timber Co. truck blocking the driveway.

5.   Alicia Barragan and her father, Francisco, arrived at the West Valley shelter with grim faces last week with their two Australian shepherds.

6.   All the grim faces and tight lips these days suggest that the Mets will not.

7.   But it is telling that Ms. Wanamaker sees humor, and humanity, in classic roles that are usually approached with grim faces.

8.   Fox remains remarkably upbeat despite these harsh facts and grim faces.

9.   Gone at this news conference was the grim game face that seldom lifted during his meatgrinder of an audition last season.

10.   He nods at each grim face as if bestowing a blessing.