be sullen
Example Sentences
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Geniuses can be sullen introverts like Michelangelo or garrulous extroverts like Titian.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2016
Superbrat could be sullen on and off the court.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2015
In public, he can be sullen, like Vladimir V. Putin, or filled with a sickly whimsy, like the scuzzy-chic photographer Terry Richardson.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2011
Outgoing teenagers didn't pretend to be sullen online; introverts didn't pose as the life and soul of the party.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2010
I’d expected her to be sullen and suspicious, but nothing could be further from the truth.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
