sullen

Example Sentences

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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

She immediately picks up that something isn’t right between a mother who has come in with her sullen adolescent son.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025

There is immense depth behind her sparkling eyes, which she can turn sullen in a second.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2025

Marion—red-eyed, her hair in hot curlers—was sullen and silent, too.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt