be sullen

Example Sentences

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Geniuses can be sullen introverts like Michelangelo or garrulous extroverts like Titian.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2016

Superbrat could be sullen on and off the court.

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2015

In public, he can be sullen, like Vladimir V. Putin, or filled with a sickly whimsy, like the scuzzy-chic photographer Terry Richardson.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2011

Outgoing teenagers didn't pretend to be sullen online; introverts didn't pose as the life and soul of the party.

From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2010

I’d expected her to be sullen and suspicious, but nothing could be further from the truth.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss