adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
silence
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When Corbett replied that Sir James's hospitality was equal to his manners, the knight lapsed into a sullen silence .
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But for the most part Monet kept her usual sullen silence .
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In a sullen silence he lit a cigar and helped himself to a stiff measure of brandy.
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Danskin looked at the map in sullen silence .
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Susan's sullen silence , though no-one could fail to notice it, did nothing to dampen anyone else's spirits.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a sullen gray sky
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Dick just sat there with a sullen expression on his face, refusing to speak.
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The girl was sullen and uncooperative.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A sullen grey July gave way to sultry August.
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It makes you think about those sullen high schoolers in a different light, see their lives along a time line.
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Starvation gave a gaunt menace to their sullen anger - and they were angry, he could not doubt it.
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The little children were crying constantly, and the older ones were sullen and withdrawn.
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The three boys should have been at school with their ragged clothes, crew cuts and sullen eyes.
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They were tolerating that redhead well enough in spite of his sullen bad manners.