sullenness

There was a sullenness in his voice she had not heard before.

Was that sullenness in the set of his mouth, or fear?

There was less of anger in the thought than sullenness.

Yet the water, with its sullenness, had most impressed him.

There was a moment of sullenness in his voice, and then he sighed.

Hope was just beginning to crowd anxiety and sullenness out of the way.

"You'll have to tell me where you want to go, first," said Eddie with a good deal of sullenness still in his voice.

She also wore a sullenness that was unusual for her.

Some of the sullenness proved to be nothing more than dirt.

Needs must under all these guns; and the paper was signed, but not without open sullenness.

I think you might have warned me,' returned the other, with a touch of sullenness.

His face took on some of the others' sullenness.

Alex was taken off guard by the sullenness in Martin's voice.

Sullenness meant rebellion; they were going to have more trouble from these two.

The god was not certain whether he liked this change from the Messenger's usual sullenness.

Out in the corridors before the first overtime began, there was a strange sullenness.

She has since shown a faint increase of maturity, intelligence and sullenness.

The big bird was definitely emerging from its sullenness of the landing.

All the prisoners watched, their sullenness and despair for a moment forgotten.

He would think about the way Steve had shown him nothing but sullenness and discourtesy.

For once she did not appear to be happy guarding him; the green eyes held a decided touch of sullenness.

Her smiling response to him was replaced by sullenness.

Three pairs of dark eyes regarded him with pensive sullenness.

In a few minutes my anger grew from sullenness to a reckless need to settle it.

There was no sullenness, no sneer on his face now.