look sullen
Example Sentences
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“Buy them when they look sullen, when they’re looking away, when they look angry or sad. The happy-faced ones never pay off.”
From Washington Post • May 22, 2017
The long, defiant hair of the late 1960s falls to the floor; the young men look sullen or stern.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perceiving that some of the faces before me were beginning to look sullen, and others ashamed, I slowly joined my hands, and ejaculated in a deep "voix de poitrine"— "Comme c'est affreux!"
From The Professor by Brontë, Charlotte
Then, drawing back sharply, his manner changed, and he began to look sullen, as he said in a morose voice: “Didn’t your father say anything to you about me?”
From First in the Field A Story of New South Wales by Rahey, L.
Now, is it obedience, when your kind mother is doing all in her power to make you happy, for you to look sullen and morose?
From The Child at Home The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Illustrated by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
