sullen
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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
His mood was sullen, according to Meridith McGraw, author of Trump in Exile, an account of the former president’s time after leaving the White House.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024
Last Thursday, zookeepers noticed the usually playful and energetic bear became lethargic and sullen.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024
The courtroom sketch artists have depicted defendant Trump as bored, sullen, hostile, occasionally happy, and with a look of contempt and disgust on his face.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2024
He finished the day in a silence as sullen as that of the other apprentice, Nebre, whose stony indifference to men and work alike he was beginning to understand very well indeed.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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