dourin a sentence
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The teacher’s dour expression made the class fall silent as soon as she entered the room.dour = stern and unfriendly
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The castle stood on the hill, its dark, dour silhouette outlined against the cloudy sky.dour = grim or forbidding
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He gave a dour response to the joke, clearly not amused.dour = stern and unfriendly
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dour determination†
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a dour, self-sacrificing life†
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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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KELLER, [DOURLY]: Why do you wear them, the sun has been down for an hour.† (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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X, who will be a dour Scot, warns them not to meddle with it as no good will come, but Y, who is an English scientist, says they must add to the store of human knowledge, whereas Z, an American, says they stand to make millions.† (source)
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"Go ahead," the operator said dourly.† (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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'It's all for the officials,' added the co-pilot dourly.† (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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