sullen
Example Sentences
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The San Diego State locker room afterward wasn’t too sullen.
From Washington Post
Juicy’s the sullen outcast; he’s gay, emotionally aware, intellectual and not the embodiment of Black manhood that Rev expects him to be.
From New York Times
Yet in many cities and towns around the eastern Ukrainian region known as the Donbas, including Lysychansk and its sister city Severodonetsk, it’s the Ukrainian forces who now often face sullen acceptance of their presence.
From Los Angeles Times
At a watch party in Washington D.C., the crowd was sullen when the last of the cities was announced.
From Washington Times
“No more space, hit replay/It goes on and on,” Orono sings with sullen nonchalance, then repeats “and on” another 16 times.
From New York Times
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