look sullen
Example Sentences
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“Buy them when they look sullen, when they’re looking away, when they look angry or sad. The happy-faced ones never pay off.”
From Washington Post • May 22, 2017
The long, defiant hair of the late 1960s falls to the floor; the young men look sullen or stern.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Their faces began to look sullen and I felt an atmosphere as of anguish weighing upon us.
From The Confessions of Arsène Lupin by Leblanc, Maurice
Now, is it obedience, when your kind mother is doing all in her power to make you happy, for you to look sullen and morose?
From The Child at Home The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Illustrated by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
Ay, Messer Pisano, it is no use for you to look sullen; you may as well carry your banner to our San Giovanni with a good grace.
From Romola by Eliot, George