All 3 Uses of
sullen
in
Babbitt
- He was as afraid of his still-faced clerks—of the eyes focused on him, Miss McGoun staring with head lifted from her typing, Miss Bannigan looking over her ledger, Mat Penniman craning around at his desk in the dark alcove, Stanley Graff sullenly expressionless—as a parvenu before the bleak propriety of his butler.†
Chpt 6
- On the outskirts they passed a steel-mill which flared in scarlet and orange flame that licked at the cadaverous stacks, at the iron-sheathed walls and sullen converters.†
Chpt 10
- "Sure," he said, trying not to sound sullen.†
Chpt 29 *
Definition:
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(sullen as in: a sullen mood) being unhappy (and often withdrawn)