sullenness
Example Sentences
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You may recall the bricks, the ball hogging, the sullenness, the selfishness, the complete lack of self-awareness from a bitter former MVP flailing against his declining skills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
In terms of obvious atmospheric menace, or even mere meteorological sullenness, Friday seemed to deserve at least a pass.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2022
Frank becomes the child's de facto teacher, assigning a book report, and Kirsten, who performs tween sullenness to perfection, approaches remote learning with the same eye-rolling enthusiasm as my child.
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2022
And while “Pig” can at times feel engulfed by its own sullenness, there’s a rigor to the filmmaking and a surreal beauty to Pat Scola’s images that seal our investment in Rob’s fate.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2021
When I refused to be the child they knew and accepted me to be, I was called impudent and my muteness sullenness.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
