saturnine
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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
Darker moods are kept from being too saturnine; his Sarabandes aren’t milked for melancholy.
From New York Times • May 26, 2022
The saturnine darkness of Connery answers the strangeness and anxieties in Tippi Hedren’s mysterious Marnie.
From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2020
When “Studio 54” screened at Sundance in 2018, the audience hissed every time Mr. Cohn’s saturnine image flashed on the screen.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2019
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
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