as in dour
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Adjective
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Gone were the slumped shoulders and dour countenance from the first two games, replaced by a bounce in Young’s step and a smile on his face.—
Joseph Person,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025 -
This year, to some, has seemed more dour then last.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Spines hold the dorsal fin up from the fish’s back, starting with longer spines and going to shorter spines toward the tail, with three spines on its anal fin, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2025
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When rectal prolapse is more severe, the rectum may not move back into the anal canal.4 This condition is more common in people over 50 years of age, especially women.—
Sohaib Imtiaz,
Verywell Health,
18 Jan. 2025
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In his first news conference since he the head injury on Sept. 12, Tagovailoa appeared somewhat indignant, especially when asked about how his concussion history will impact his NFL future.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2025
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Gabriela Cowperthwaite Twitter aside, there’s no better way to get indignant in a short amount of time than by watching Blackfish, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s documentary look into the world of captive killer whales.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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As a result, he’s ordered to attend an acting class, where students are instructed how to soften interactions with variously angry, frightened or confused patients.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Peter Nguyen, 54, a father of a seventh-grader at the school, said lots of angry parents spoke up at the meeting.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2025
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In this family road-trip pic set during the 2008 financial crisis, one disturbing sequence after another is played out on the morose face of John Magaro, who is clearly keeping the truth from them — and us — of what this journey is actually all about.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
2 Feb. 2025
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The always astonishing Ben Whishaw plays the sweet, morose, gay, chain-smoking, furtively sincere, faraway-eyed Hujar, a veteran freelance photographer who was just coming into his own as a gallery artist and downtown scenester.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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His workarounds are ingenious and very funny, and his biggest changes see a playful inversion of traditionally uptight Asian stereotypes.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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Dreux and Alyssa have what looks like a familiar dynamic: Dreux the uptight one in search of control, Alyssa the loosey-goosey one urging her friend to worry less.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The mood in the room was somber and sullen following a 144-110 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
2 Feb. 2025
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The New Daughter has an interesting, sullen mood and looks fantastic, but that just further accentuates how out of place Costner seems.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
1 July 2024
Adjective
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Scolding and whippings from Elizabeth and her exasperated father did nothing.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat representing Colorado, became exasperated when Gabbard continued to talk around a condemnation of Snowden’s actions and refused to recant past comments justifying Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.—
Brian Bennett,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Schoolmarmish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmarmish. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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