saturnine

Example Sentences

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Slatkin noted that the recording, released in 1955, didn’t sell well, probably thanks to the album cover’s saturnine painting of a composer that few would recognize.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2025

Hassan Madjooni, who plays the father, is a large, saturnine presence with a special kind of charisma.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022

But even in that calm gloom, my eyes slowly acclimated to the 14 grandly saturnine paintings, made by Mark Rothko in the late 1960s.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2022

The brooding, saturnine artist has evolved into a genial grandfather.

From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2019

The man who glowered before him conformed to the classic stereotype of Marine barber Ben had envisioned in his mind: the face was saturnine, pock-marked, and the mouth was grim.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy