sullen

Example Sentences

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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

Those sullen teens trailing their parents toward the taco truck—why the hooded sweatshirts in 84-degree heat and 72-percent humidity?

From Slate • Aug. 13, 2025

Addressing a sullen final day of negotiations, the WHO chief insisted, “This is not a failure.”

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024

He knew Lem Harvey—a huge fellow with hulking shoulders and a sullen, swarthy face.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham