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Adjective
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After Reverend Forte's fortune is discovered, and Ada grabs hold of the house's purse strings, Agnes becomes characteristically dour about her diminished rank.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
11 Aug. 2025 -
After some dour readings as Trump's tariff rhetoric ramped up earlier this year, the sentiment releases have stabilized.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
10 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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For partnered anal penetration, communication is the key to a safer and more pleasurable experience.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
11 Aug. 2025
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Some people also have anal itching that wakes them up from sleep.—
Faye Chiu,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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But Hunter speaks with the indignant passion of someone who made nearly $1.5 million selling his art during his father’s campaign and the early years of his administration.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
23 July 2025
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In a 48-hour whirlwind, President Donald Trump veered from elated to indignant to triumphant as his fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together, teetered toward collapse and ultimately coalesced.—
Aamer Madhani,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
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The family defended themselves against an angry mob of hundreds of people who surrounded the house, throwing rocks and threatening the family, Duggan said.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Freed of her caring duties, angry and uncertain about her future Karl gets on a Greyhound bus and heads to Las Vegas where Jean is working as a waitress at the El Cortez.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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Daniels is morose and whiny and Reynolds is hammy and over-the-top, which allows Stone to steal the movie, giving it its only modicum of zest and soul.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
23 July 2025
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Tim Burton’s two marvelous Batman movies took the character’s morose nature seriously, but not more seriously than his savoir faire: the Burton Batman movies also have gothic elegance on their side.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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In the first film, mystical Chinese fortune cookies cause Anna, a rebellious teenager, and her uptight mother, Tess, to swap bodies.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Shooter aped Marvel Comics’ writing style, bringing a measure of 1960s cool to the more uptight comics that National put out.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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Reprising his role as the exasperated accountant, Oscar (played by actor Oscar Nunez) wants no part in the crew’s latest project.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Jess Walter’s sublime ‘So Far Gone’ finds redemption in exasperated Pacific Northwest exile.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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The Osbournes, set in the family’s L.A. home in the early aughts, deflated the patriarch’s imposing public perception, revealing a noisy life beset by his sullen teens, wife and wrangler, and everyone’s zany dogs.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
25 July 2025
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The model, a sullen blonde with messy pageboy hair, looked vaguely sick in it.—
Mona Awad,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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“Schoolmarmish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmarmish. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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