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
The Watford fighter stopped short of promising fireworks and cut a sullen figure until he was called upon by Hearn to speak.
From BBC
“We’re OK,” they said, their faces sullen and their eyes fixed on the pavement.
From Los Angeles Times
It flashed to a sullen President Biden, who addressed the nation in a televised Oval Office speech reminiscent of President Richard Nixon’s 1974 farewell address.
From Washington Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
