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Meanings of sullen in English
Usage of sullen in English
1
But the Nabals are sullen; they are grumblers; they are never done.
2
It was not a sullen shrug; it only said he didn't know.
3
Two sullen crimson discs glowed in the black arch of the tunnel.
4
The stillness out of doors bespoke a sullen break in the storm.
5
Engines snorted in sullen labor, charging to and fro, aimlessly it appeared.
6
She found the town in confusion, the civilians bewildered, the soldiers sullen.
7
She looked sullen, confused, and unhappy-notconspicuously different from her normal look.
8
They landed; but the fearful, and ungrateful slaves continued sullen and forbidding.
9
Once I got inside the house he treated me with sullen respect.
10
One evening they sat in sullen pride and anger by the fire.
11
Fauvette sank back on the divan and lay there in sullen defiance.
12
They are caught up in the sullen strife of their relentless life.
13
Jeff was heavy and sullen and dark and very serious in it.
14
I went in a sullen state, stunned and for the moment submissive.
15
For a long time La Barbée hesitated; then with a sullen air:
16
The rain was falling heavily and the skies were sullen and gray.
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Sullen through the time
Sullen across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common