sullen
Example Sentences
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This, instead of slouching, bored and sullen, at the back of lecture halls not to acquire knowledge or even marketable skills but a bachelor’s degree, a credential of increasingly dubious value.
From Washington Post
Morant was sullen as he talked about his availability being “in jeopardy” after he landed on his right hand.
From Washington Post
There is an air of sullen normality in Yangon, where there is at least still a functioning economy, but it is one operating at a much lower level than before the coup.
From BBC
Trump looked sullen and angry in the brief glimpses the cameras caught of him throughout the day, particularly as he sat at the defense table in the courtroom.
From Salon
The San Diego State locker room afterward wasn’t too sullen.
From Washington Post
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