Sullen silence
or blank looks can be the response to even the most promising of topics.
Stephane was in hysterics, which is great, because he's been
very sullen
recently for some reason.
You remark on just how much torque they've got, and you break into a grin that would make a cheshire cat
look sullen.
Sullen teenager
smiling!
As i knew him to be of a
rather sullen
unsocial disposition, i said nothing to him, but proceeded on my way.
Over the next few days the boys played contact sports harder than usual and carla
became more sullen.
Sullen french faces
go by.
Ludwig's face, previously
so sullen, turned frightening in its mein, quite different to anything i had seen before.
Sullen looks.
She was
sometimes sullen, cross and complained of headaches, and my friends began to notice.
Sullen man
whose life was almost at an end.
Sullen resentment
turns to respect and, ultimately, love.
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