sullen
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Saturday Caracas time when the detonations began, lighting up the sullen sky like a post-New Year’s fireworks display.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2026
Those sullen teens trailing their parents toward the taco truck—why the hooded sweatshirts in 84-degree heat and 72-percent humidity?
From Slate • Aug. 13, 2025
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.”
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2025
His mood was sullen, according to Meridith McGraw, author of Trump in Exile, an account of the former president’s time after leaving the White House.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024
He didn’t bring the water-jug till Uncle Henry shouted at him three or four times, and then he was sullen.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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