Many Paulistanos we met were obsessed with relating grisly - perhaps exaggerated - tales of crime.

I had even unnerved myself - what must these students make of this grisly tale?

The rising hum that now filled the air told its own grisly tale.

Sophie vaguely recalled the name from a grisly tale in history class.

The doctors' report included grisly tales of village roads lined with bodies and hungry parents eating their children in desperation.

This grisly tale has given rise to many ghost stories about the Abbey.

Ikey turned and spat into the dark, thankful that Billygonequeer would not have understood a word of the foreman's grisly tale.

Castle's grisly tale was interrupted by the ringing of my telephone.

They told each other, over and over, the grisly tale of murder.

She found no new missing person reports and no grisly tales of bodies drained of blood or victims having their hearts ripped out.