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Example sentences for: dour

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Prince Charles looked suitably dour, boarded Britannia , and departed Hong Kong.
And it's probably true that psychological predisposition, as much as reason and intellect, leads dour characters like Paul Tsongas (and--until the other day--Bob Dole) to be preachers of sacrifice, while sunny characters like Jack Kemp become apologists for alchemy.
Caruso, as a dour, crusading prosecutor, is called, alternatively, "credible" and "likable" (Shales, the Washington Post ), and humorless and "as virtuous as John Calvin" (Leonard, New York ). (See CBS's preview.)
And on it goes, the show doing battle against our dour memories of those so-called anni horribili with a self-referential perkiness that would do Disney proud.
The Carriage Museum (Museo delle Carrozze), in a wing on the far right of the palace, and the Royal Apartments (Appartamenti Monumentali), upstairs, right of the main entrance, show an opulent, truly palatial life that the palazzo’s dour exterior never lets you suspect.