sullenness
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Monroe, with a sort of placid sullenness, is the eye of the storm amid these colorful characters, including her hard-charging boss Carter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024
His experiments don’t celebrate the technology, but demonstrate its shortcomings and sullenness.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
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
Henry knew he’d been hard on him, ugly even, but they were out eating ice cream; there was no call for sullenness.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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