MOROSE in a Sentence

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40 example sentences for MOROSE, such as:

1. All alike were taciturn and morose.
2. He is in a very bad humor, very morose.
3. His face suddenly took on a morose expression.
4. Those about him had never seen the count so morose and irritable.
5. His brown morose face with frowning brows was clearly visible by the glow of the charcoal.

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 Meanings and Examples of MOROSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
morose
 a.  ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent
Classic Sentence: (39 in 3 pages)
1  Whether or not Petrushka was glad to see the barin return it is impossible to say, but at all events he exchanged a wink with Selifan, and his ordinarily morose exterior seemed momentarily to brighten.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI
2  He is in a very bad humor, very morose.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXV
3  Pierre, who had come downstairs, walked through the rooms and struck everyone by his preoccupied, absent-minded, and morose air.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XXII
4  When he came in to tea, silent, morose, and with tear-stained face, everybody pretended not to notice anything.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XXI
5  His face suddenly took on a morose expression.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER II
6  All alike were taciturn and morose.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXXVI
7  Those about him had never seen the count so morose and irritable.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXIV
8  The count ordered his carriage that he might drive to Sokolniki, and sat in his study with folded hands, morose, sallow, and taciturn.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXV
9  Besides his height and stoutness, and the strange morose look of suffering in his face and whole figure, the Russians stared at Pierre because they could not make out to what class he could belong.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXXIII
10  His brown morose face with frowning brows was clearly visible by the glow of the charcoal.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER XV
11  Only old Benjamin was much the same as ever, except for being a little greyer about the muzzle, and, since Boxer's death, more morose and taciturn than ever.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
12  As it was, he suffered a long term of imprisonment and afterwards returned to England a morose and disappointed man.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
13  Ferguson appeared to be a morose and silent man, but I could see from the little that he said that he was at least a fellow-countryman.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
14  He had been with me for two years, and came with the best references, but he was a silent, morose man, not very popular either with masters or boys.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
15  "Neither do I," said the morose landlord.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
Example Sentence:
1  Though we feel sad at someone's pain and sorrow, feeling morose is difficult while actively wishing the person to be happy.