saturnine

Example Sentences

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Slatkin noted that the recording, released in 1955, didn’t sell well, probably thanks to the album cover’s saturnine painting of a composer that few would recognize.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2025

Hassan Madjooni, who plays the father, is a large, saturnine presence with a special kind of charisma.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022

Whatever might come, this would not be a tenure of earth tones and lethargy and saturnine expressions.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2022

The sun had just gone down, and white light glowed between the darkening sky and the dormant fields, the crouching, saturnine orchards.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 17, 2018

The man who glowered before him conformed to the classic stereotype of Marine barber Ben had envisioned in his mind: the face was saturnine, pock-marked, and the mouth was grim.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy