The Only Use of
sullen
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The Picture of Dorian Gray - 13 chapter version
- The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the black-crocketed spires of the early June hollyhocks, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive, and the dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.†
Chpt 1
Definition:
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(sullen as in: a sullen mood) being unhappy (and often withdrawn)