the Grim Reaper

noun

: death thought of as a man or skeleton holding a scythe and wearing a dark cloak with a hood
a visit from the Grim Reaper

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Oh yeah, the Grim Reaper has our number. — John Tufts, IndyStar, 10 Dec. 2025 Scorpions, snakes and cockroaches were on the lounge chairs with the Grim Reaper serving a drink. — Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026 Why are Padres players wearing brown shirts that depict the Grim Reaper clutching a baseball? — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026 Newspaper cartoons in the 1920s often showed the Grim Reaper driving cars. — Scott D. Anthony, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Grim Reaper

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“The Grim Reaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Grim%20Reaper. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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