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• Frank's sullen dependency was driving his father nuts.From the entry dependency
• Disempowered staff develop a 'sullen obedience' where they stop driving new initiatives and just await orders.2024 January 10, Chris Green, “Empowered...energised... and managing for success”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 22. From the entry deliver the goods
• Mistress Paver received me and invited me in: a scrag-end of a woman, cheerless, sullen.2014, Julius Falconer, Death by Aloe-Seed: A Country Parson’s Singular Tale, page 14. From the entry scrag-end
• The sloppy, dirty clothes, the bare feet, the sullen underbrow stares.2014, Dell Shannon, Unexpected Death. From the entry underbrow
• Now the evening into the night horror went from the windows, sullen, Decembrish.2005, “Afterword: Cubo-Futurism and Russian Formalism”, in Anna Lawton, Herbert Eagle, transl., Words in Revolution: Russian Futurist…. From the entry Decembrish
• The place was dark and musty, and the same sullen guard lazed about in his dandruffy blazer.2004, T R Pearson, True Cross. From the entry dandruffy
• The merchant of mistrust dismisses these words as hyperbole and remains grim, sullen, fearful.2000 October, Brennan Manning, “The Way of Trust”, in Ruthless Trust: The Ragamuffin’s Path to God, [San Francisco, Calif.]…. From the entry happies
• An ivoryskinned young woman with heavy sullen eyes and jetty hair came into the room.1925, John Dos Passos, “Fire Engine”, in Manhattan Transfer, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, 2nd section, page 206. From the entry jetty
• Her expression was never altogether amiable; was often, indeed, distinctly sullen, or, when she was animated, sarcastic.1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl. From the entry sarcastic
• The sun burst through the sullen clouds, and flung his lusty beams about the house.1912, Louis Pergaud, “Margot”, in Douglas English, transl., Tales of the Untamed: Dramas of the Animal World, New York: Outing Publishing…. From the entry lilly-low
• She saw the boy's glance, she shifted her knees impatiently and her little face grew sullen.1908, John Fox Jr., chapter 4, in The Trail of the Lonesome Pine. From the entry lay of the land
• A sullen, thiefy edginess crept over Ardreagh.2000, Fred Johnston, Atalanta, page 162. From the entry thiefy
• Sullen now, with stultified spleen, Mrs Dibble grappled her crutches and levered herself upright after an ungainly struggle.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 150. From the entry lever
• That kept us sullen and mopey.2003 October 13, Michael Kinsley, “Why Bush Angers Liberals”, in Time. From the entry mopey
• “Hello, Pop,” a young clammer said to the man in an adjoining boat, a sullen old man in wet overalls, “how’s your hammer hanging?”1943, Joseph Mitchell, “A Mess of Clams”, in McSorley’s Wonderful Saloon, page 201. From the entry how's your hammer hanging
• Hortense remained for several days in a condition of sullen anger—she was a cloud lit up by occasional unaccountable flashes of temper.1919, Henry Blake Fuller, chapter 28, in Bertram Cope’s Year. From the entry temper
• We went back inside and then the house’s owner arrived, a sullen vatnyk whom Dmytro paid off to keep his house available for billeting, like we were doing.2023 December 17, Szczepan Twardoch, “Darkness over Donbas: Nine stories about war”, in The Point. From the entry vatnyk
• By the time high school rolled around, I had become a sullen alternateen who wore a lot of black and was perpetually growing her bangs out.2011, Tracy Nectoux, Out Behind the Desk, page 122. From the entry alternateen
• But mainly he wanted to dwell on his resentments, contemplate his navel and work himself into a mean, sullen mood, because that’s the way he plays best.1969 September, Marshall Smith, “This old pro is just too mean to quit”, in Life, page 77. From the entry contemplate one's navel
• Nor, save for a circumstance presently to be named, could even the Abbess's sullen curiosity have withheld a meed of admiration as the panorama unfolded itself before her.1904, Stanley J. Weyman, “V. The Captain of Vlaye”, in The Abbess of Vlaye. From the entry meed

Meaning of sullen

1. adjective Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
2. adjective Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
3. adjective Sluggish; slow.

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How do you use sullen in a sentence?

Sullen is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “Frank's sullen dependency was driving his father nuts.”

What is a short sentence with sullen?

“a sullen atmosphere”

What does sullen mean?

Sullen means having a brooding ill temper; sulky.