sullen

She immediately picks up that something isn’t right between a mother who has come in with her sullen adolescent son.

Unlike so many queer films of the time, Lee’s movie was not a sullen documentary, nor was it about HIV/AIDS or gay people who get killed or turn out to be murderers themselves.

After a pause, he returns to his usual sullen pitch and adds, “Well, the next generation tells time on their phones, so I figured no one was gonna miss this one.”

There is immense depth behind her sparkling eyes, which she can turn sullen in a second.

The Labour front bench looked slumped, slouched and sullen today - the realities of government still proving heavy after less than six months in office.