sullen
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The crowd was sullen, and the only levity came from my boys, 2 and 3, running up and down the hall, hiding and entertaining themselves with a wheelchair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
In 1996, David Keating cast her as Cathleen, the boisterous mother to a sullen teenager played by Jared Leto in “The Last of the High Kings.”
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2026
Saturday Caracas time when the detonations began, lighting up the sullen sky like a post-New Year’s fireworks display.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2026
He said the teenager came across as an "unremarkable, sullen, untalkative, gawky teenage boy" during their sessions together.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
It was sullen with helpless fury at all the bad luck that had befallen them lately.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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