Behind them, lounging in slowly by himself, was a dark,
sullen, heavy-browed man.
While the conquered were still,
sullen, and dejected, the victors triumphed.
It seemed indeed as if the
sullen and malignant eye of Front-de-B uf possessed some portion of that supposed power over his unfortunate prisoner.
Hunt and his companions were more and more sensible how much it would be in the power of this
sullen and daring vagabond Rose, to do them mischief, when they should become entangled in the defiles of the mountains, with the passes of which they were wholly unacquainted, and which were infested by his freebooting friends, the Crows.
A slow, burning,
sullen wrath was kindled in the King's heart as the three men drew near.
John May was of a morose and surly disposition, not easily moved to anger, but having an uncommon gift of
sullen, implacable hate.
It was impossible for me to know beforehand that the children were
sullen and intractable, or that the husband's mother was accustomed to make her domineering disposition felt by every one in the house.
But as the rain came down in a flood, the little fellow was hopelessly a prisoner, and now stood with
sullen aspect at a window, wondering whether the sun itself were not extinguished by so much moisture in the sky.
Mournfully and low the man of God began his eulogy of the dead, and his doleful voice, mingled with the sobbing which it was its purpose to stimulate and sustain, rose and fell, seemed to come and go, like the sound of a
sullen sea.
He seemed a
sullen, patient child; hardened, perhaps, to ill- treatment: he would stand Hindley's blows without winking or shedding a tear, and my pinches moved him only to draw in a breath and open his eyes, as if he had hurt himself by accident, and nobody was to blame.
He did not like it, for his
sullen mouth twisted into a half-snarl as he went back to his corner.
During this speech the boy had stood by,
sullen and dogged, but when his father ceased he broke out angrily.