Sample Sentences for
morose
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    She gets morose when she thinks about her failed marriage.
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    she found the young man at the kitchen table, utterly morose.  (source)
    morose = unhappy and withdrawn
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    Hagrid was sitting alone in a corner, looking morose.  (source)
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    But I see I am becoming unduly introspective, and in a rather morose sort of way at that.  (source)
    morose = unhappy (and often withdrawn)
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    Little Willie nodded morosely and answered, "Heard it myself."  (source)
    morosely = unhappily
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    PLAYER: Of moroseness?†  (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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    the morose face buried deeply inside an army-issue parka.  (source)
    morose = unhappy
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    "I'm glad it's over," Mom said, watching Jim stomp morosely up and down the steps.  (source)
    morosely = unhappily
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    Mr. Heathcliff followed, his accidental merriment expiring quickly in his habitual moroseness.†  (source)
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    he shirked the austere and nearly morose stance of older singers and actually smiled when he sang--sometimes even at women.  (source)
    morose = unhappy
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    He sat morosely with his elbows on his desk, cradling his chin in his hands.  (source)
    morosely = unhappily
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    Very soon you seemed to get used to me: I believe you felt the existence of sympathy between you and your grim and cross master, Jane; for it was astonishing to see how quickly a certain pleasant ease tranquillised your manner: snarl as I would, you showed no surprise, fear, annoyance, or displeasure at my moroseness; you watched me, and now and then smiled at me with a simple yet sagacious grace I cannot describe.†  (source)
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    All of her copycat friends were following suit, casting off their J. Crew tweeds for ripped jeans and black clothes, trying to look morose and morbid in their BMWs and Mercedes.  (source)
    morose = unhappy
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