She wore a dour expression as she read the letter from the landlord. From LearnThat.org.
A dour, self-sacrificing life. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Don't just pull on your beer-stained jeans and set your scruffy mug on "dour" - show some pizzazz, some pep. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
A woman in the leadership team can be useful to belance Brown's "dour" image. From Wordnik.com. [Run, Hazel, run] Reference
Man, Mary Matalin really just defines the word "dour" these days, doesn't she?. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Labor Day Roundup] Reference
N'dour's video, My Hope Is in You, already has become an integral part of the campaign. From Wordnik.com. [An Overture into the Future] Reference
The ILO Director-General Juan Somavia, cited N'dour's long-time commitment to human rights. From Wordnik.com. [An Overture into the Future] Reference
But perhaps critics shouldn't read one another, at least "dour" and "witty" ones shouldn't. From Wordnik.com. [Grafitti] Reference
Ever reserved and independent, not to say "dour" and opinionated, I made no friends, and cared for none. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
Oh, lang and dour is the knowing –. From Wordnik.com. [Canadian Poets] Reference
Graham looked more "dour" than did his friend of the line. From Wordnik.com. [An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier] Reference
We've grown so used to calling Brown 'dour', 'reserved' and. From Wordnik.com. [The Latest From www.politics.co.uk] Reference
In the eyes of the more volatile southern Celts they seem a "dour" people. From Wordnik.com. [Ulster's Stand For Union] Reference
The movie veteran says she can't find work because she refuses to play "dour" roles. From Wordnik.com. Reference
It's just miles from the home town of a Prime Minister most famously described as "dour". From Wordnik.com. [Daily Express News Feeds] Reference
As recently as 2008 that kind of dour-Scot satire chimed with the superficial view of Murray's personality. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
'dour' so to speak, everything we could 'hear' sounded like yesterday wrapped up in danceable pop-punk confection. From Wordnik.com. [FasterLouder.com.au > Australia's leading independent live music hub. Stock up on music and tour news, reviews, gig photos and idle gossip, or bitch to your heart's content in the forums.] Reference
Or at least Alan Greenspan was, in his own dour way. From Wordnik.com. [Texas Two-Step] Reference
He'd make Kathie Lee look downright dour by comparison. From Wordnik.com. [City Slickers] Reference
Many took a similarly dour view of Berendzen's apologia. From Wordnik.com. [Was It Illness Or Immorality?] Reference
David could seem dour, but he struck me as essentially hopeful. From Wordnik.com. [A War Reporter’s Last Great Dispatch] Reference
The AK Party has also shed the dour image of the former Islamist parties. From Wordnik.com. [Eyes On Turkey] Reference
"I can claim that it's my first film," says the dour, serious 40-year-old. From Wordnik.com. [Arts Extra: Iran's Newest Wave] Reference
"Automatic for the People" feels dour, like earnestness drained of belief. From Wordnik.com. [HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND] Reference
Privately, however, the mood among his traveling companions was decidedly dour. From Wordnik.com. [Afghan Minister Escapes Assassination Bid] Reference
"We can have peace again," says the dour leader of the local Muslim war council. From Wordnik.com. [Logic's War With Passion] Reference
Yes, the English have produced dour prime ministers of their own, but Brown is special. From Wordnik.com. [Good To Be Grim] Reference
He's a sunny optimist -- a telling contrast to the dour Bob Dole and severe Phil Gramm. From Wordnik.com. [Buying Power] Reference
The last thing you'd expect from the dour, fatalistic Pekar is an affirmation of family ties. From Wordnik.com. [Shredding The Envelope] Reference
Jim Thompson's dour, bitterly funny stories of born losers and psycho cretins sold the best of all. From Wordnik.com. [Furtive Pleasures From A Pulp Master] Reference
"We're trying again to bring life to Samarra," says Mahmood, a dour but earnest former fighter pilot. From Wordnik.com. [Slow Progress] Reference
But Kerry's dour Brahmin seriousness does have its advantages; it has a strong tradition in this state. From Wordnik.com. [A Lovely Donnybrook] Reference
It's a rather thankless, reactive part, and Sheffer spends most of his time looking dour and concerned. From Wordnik.com. [Love, Death and Fly-Fishing] Reference
Leger drops in on a dour-looking woman reading a paperback book in front of a large broad-spectrum light. From Wordnik.com. [LES MISERABLES, INDEED] Reference
Nowadays Byrd is notably dour because of what he and others consider a steep decline in decorum in Congress. From Wordnik.com. [Senator Byrd Is Not Amused] Reference
In his 10 years as chancellor of the Exchequer, Brown was often derided as conspiratorial, dour and unpleasant. From Wordnik.com. [A Smashing First Act] Reference
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