All 4 Uses of
sullen
in
Main Street
- She did not yet know the immense ability of the world to be casually cruel and proudly dull, but if she should ever learn those dismaying powers, her eyes would never become sullen or heavy or rheumily amorous.†
Chpt 1
- Or placid chateaux ringed with sullen huts?†
Chpt 3 *
- She saw Erik Valborg coming, in an ancient highwater suit, tramping sullenly and alone, striking at the rails with a stick.†
Chpt 29
- They heard the branches dripping, the wet leaves sullenly plumping on the soggy earth.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(sullen as in: a sullen mood) being unhappy (and often withdrawn)