sullen
Example Sentences
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The San Diego State locker room afterward wasn’t too sullen.
From Washington Post
Juicy’s the sullen outcast; he’s gay, emotionally aware, intellectual and not the embodiment of Black manhood that Rev expects him to be.
From New York Times
“No more space, hit replay/It goes on and on,” Orono sings with sullen nonchalance, then repeats “and on” another 16 times.
From New York Times
Hiding in the shadows, he is a sullen, bruised and hardened young man, speaking with fists, despite his keen investigative intellect.
From Washington Times
Don’t expected sullen times at the barn for a little outfit just happy to be at a Triple Crown race.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
