Example sentences for: sullen

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

  • pudjicky sullen, grouchy

  • She tromps around dull-eyed in a gray skirt and thick, mustard-colored stockings--a sullen bottom-feeder.

  • There are also President Clinton's suspiciously sullen, give-no-more-details-than-necessary denials; apparently the president's finger-wagging days are over.

  • Now there are hip athletes--snowboarders, sullen teen skateboarders, Rollerbladers, dirt bikers--fighting for public space across barriers of age, class, and hairstyle.

  • There are other genuine New England expressions in this volume—and plenty of them—including dingclicker humdinger, forth-putting bold, forward, grouty surly, sullen, Hampton boat a dory-type of sailboat used for fishing, and harness cask a tub used on ships for storing salted meat.


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