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Example sentences for: dour

How can you use “dour” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Prince Charles looked suitably dour, boarded Britannia , and departed Hong Kong.
Unless that is just a dour predisposition talking.
In geopolitics, the dour Samuel Huntington also sees tribes but predicts a tectonic "clash of civilizations."
The rather dour building hides a treasure-trove of statuary and other artifacts found during excavation of the ancient shrines of the city, and communal buildings such as the Agora.
I found him a rather dour, lugubrious individual, and even the author of Webster's Third finds it difficult to recount many tales exemplifying his humanity, any a sense of humor.