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
McRae had become withdrawn and sullen, his father said, and he rarely left the house.
From Washington Post
McRae’s father, Michael McRae, told The Washington Post that his son had changed after his mother’s death from a stroke in 2020, and that he had become withdrawn, sullen and rarely left the house.
From Washington Post
The Watford fighter stopped short of promising fireworks and cut a sullen figure until he was called upon by Hearn to speak.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
