sullen Definition In Czech

Examples of sullen

• He, finding the girl sullen, approached the mental welfare officer, who assured me admission was necessary.

• I hardly like reviving certain old animosities or mentioning anything which may tend to stir sullen and slumbering emotions.

• The farming community is sullen and really furious with him.

• Well, they may be sullen and curmudgeonly if they will.

• However, he looked particularly miserable and sullen and embarrassed on that ludicrous occasion.

• The fact is, according to all the evidence, that there is that sullen feeling of dislike and suspicion about the proposals for closer association.

• The mood of the people is turning from one of fortitude and philosophy to one of sullen despair.

• We cannot put any great value on a naval base if the population is against us—sulky, sullen and passively resisting.