He gave them a mulish look as he refused to give in to their protests and demands. From LearnThat.org.
A kind of mulish huffiness in his expression made him look ridiculous and unlikeable. From Wordnik.com. [The Nursing Home Murder]
Sometimes it came back to make the Inspector's normally intuitive face mulish. From Wordnik.com. [The Speaker Of Mandarin]
"While this mulish attitude achieves nothing, our people are dying," Holomisa said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
She shook her head, her expression mulish. From Wordnik.com. [Entice Me at Twilight] Reference
Wilkins was "mulish" at times, and he had a reserve. From Wordnik.com. [Marion's Faith.] Reference
She was a round-bowed contrivance, with a spring aft which gave a kind of mulish, kick-up look to the run of her. From Wordnik.com. [The Honour of the Flag] Reference
I know I can trust you with the sloop, even if she is kind of mulish at times. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Young Bridge-Tender or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle] Reference
He had generated in me a mulish urge to defend them. From Wordnik.com. [Crashlander]
Kylie and her friends stared at him in mulish silence. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Dentist]
Chris looked angry, and the others mulish and affronted. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
I can boast of some experience in the mulish temperament. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference
Marina contrived a mulish expression, and Arachne sighed. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates Of Sleep]
Callinde breasted the waves, steady despite her mulish lines. From Wordnik.com. [Stormwarden]
Sarah set her chin in the expression that Memsa'b called "mulish.". From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of London]
No! Halicarnassus is absurd and mulish in many things, but he knows. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863] Reference
Frustrated, Dillon ground his teeth and studied her mulish expression. From Wordnik.com. [A Baby For Emily]
But circumstances are mulish things, and not to be governed at will, as. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes] Reference
Simon glanced at Dr. Otterly and assumed a tough and mulish expression. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
She saw the mulish, rebellious expression on Denoriel's face and sighed. From Wordnik.com. [This Scepter'd Isle]
'Course we can go to St Mungo's if we want,' said Fred, with a mulish expression. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]
I know the inattention isn't personal, but the lobotomized silence feels mulish, mean. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Monkey Love] Reference
And kindly tone down the mulish behavior; you might get more polite responses that way. From Wordnik.com. [Rahm To Reid: Give Lieberman What He Wants] Reference
His English was excellent, and spoken with a cold courtesy that made Sharpe feel mulish. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
The seated men looked mulish and resentful as they listened, but not actually rebellious. From Wordnik.com. [Kahawa]
If they suspected that we wanted to drive them either they were mulish or they went away. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
The Prince's soft mouth pursed, giving his otherwise open countenance a mulish appearance. From Wordnik.com. [The Silent Tower]
Her normally sweet face was set in an expression that Memsa'b would probably call "mulish.". From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of London]
De Niro brings all his mulish intensity to the part, but casting him was probably a mistake. From Wordnik.com. [The Psycho Hall Of Fame] Reference
Carey works hard to give his story some shape, but he hasn't counted on the mulish Catchprices. From Wordnik.com. [The Down-Under Car Dealers From Hell] Reference
HERE'S NEWS: IT TURNS OUT that not even pigheaded owners and mulish players could kill baseball. From Wordnik.com. [Diamond Jubilee] Reference
The cattle were mulish and hard to move, stopping whenever possible to graze, or simply to stand. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
Wilfred spoke with a mulish obstinacy which only emphasized his satisfaction at not being believed. From Wordnik.com. [She Closed Her Eyes] Reference
Julien got into the cabriolet beside the driver, who began at once to belabor vigorously his mulish animal. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Well, it was a substantial attempt, and if I am not happy, I shall be the most mulish and ungrateful of men. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
A silence followed: mulish on the part of the staff, baffled on the part of the houseparty, exhausted on all counts. From Wordnik.com. [Tied Up in Tinsel]
As soon as we had dropped anchor, a swarm of dark creatures came on board, with gloomy brows, mulish noses, and suspicious eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859] Reference
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