He didn't want the two of them growing morose together, so he brought a small smile to his lips.
As the months progressed, his normally upbeat nurses grew increasingly morose and sullen.
Where Sting's songs themselves have grown increasingly morose, the festive atmosphere of a rock concert acts as a corrective.
But he did not on that account grow less morose, nor more voluble.
He grew morose, for a while shunning even the witnesses and accomplices to his crime.
When he failed, Anderson grew restless and morose, until he slowly wasted away.
He fixed his gaze on the cookfire, talked, grew morose.
He fell in love, was rebuffed and grew morose.
With the eclipse of the strikefighter as a weapon of decision, the Orions had grown increasingly morose.
Ringo spent his time gambling and drinking heavily, growing steadily more morose.