Sample Sentences for
dour
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    She gave him a hug, and his normally dour face lit up.  (source)
    dour = unhappy
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    Dour light was better than none, and they needed to be frugal.†  (source)
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    Martin Silenus's gaze never left Sad King Billy's dour visage.†  (source)
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    There was a murmur of laughter, quickly smothered by dour looks from the other students.†  (source)
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    "Go ahead," the operator said dourly.†  (source)
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    Mr. Hartsfield softened for an instant, his watery eyes glistening, but then he snapped back to his usual dourness.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    In their jeans and winter coats, with assorted weapons at their sides, they were the dourest bunch of marshmallow roasters I had ever seen.†  (source)
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    Four new passengers were embarking for the trip up the river, a shabby, dour-looking man and wife and their scrawny little girl clutching a wooden toy, and a tall, angular young man with a pale narrow face and shoulder-length fair hair under a wide-brimmed black hat.†  (source)
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    KELLER, [DOURLY]: Why do you wear them, the sun has been down for an hour.†  (source)
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    Together, Kenyon and Nancy had made a paint-splattered attempt to deprive the basement room of its un-removable dourness, and neither was aware of failure.†  (source)
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    But with a dour expression, the German replied that the only contribution the Russians had made to the West was the invention of vodka.†  (source)
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    He studied the hooting crowd dourly before taking a deep bow.†  (source)
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    The Corner Institutional dourness and cheerful domesticity coexist on the fourth floor of the Finney County Courthouse.†  (source)
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