‘By the way, I call the saturnine one … O’Hara … a “dark Celt.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Dancing Druids]
Bonus points for casual use of the word "saturnine," however. From Wordnik.com. [venti anni fa] Reference
Her husband, joining us when she was in full tide of eloquence, smiled at me with a kind of saturnine mirth. From Wordnik.com. [The Parisians — Complete] Reference
Were it not so, this would be a saturnine world indeed. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
What an odd, self-contained, saturnine creature he was!. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
He went to meet the saturnine young man as he approached. From Wordnik.com. [Ruined City]
He was still staring a saturnine Pasht out of countenance. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
"Vous etes trop gentil," Oliver said, with saturnine gravity. From Wordnik.com. [Salvage for the Saint]
His lashes drooped, lending a saturnine cast to his features. From Wordnik.com. [The Rich Man's Royal Mistress]
Evans also saw John Henley, the saturnine head of PR for NERF. From Wordnik.com. [State of fear]
The witticisms convulsed Paul's neighbours and left him saturnine. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Foyle lowered his voice to a whisper, and Green's saturnine face became. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
He was a lank, saturnine individual and had been seriously smitten with. From Wordnik.com. [Turn About Eleanor] Reference
'He was the most saturnine man my eyes ever beheld either before I practised. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Mrs. Chao hastily forced a saturnine smile, and motioned to her to take a seat. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Not only an accent of command, but a something malicious, a something saturnine. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
‘It is good to give presents to little children,’ said the saturnine Virginio. From Wordnik.com. [Ruined City]
It was plain that we were taking a certain saturnine enjoyment out of the situation. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
Among the witnesses for the defense was Dr. Morris, saturnine, mocking, indifferent. From Wordnik.com. [An American Suffragette] Reference
"That's gold," the man repeated, his rather saturnine features lighting up with a grin. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools] Reference
They thought much better of her than they had of her saturnine sister, the first Queen Mary. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
Alas! what chance will that sweet girl have against his dark saturnine beauty and his wealth?. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 31, 1917] Reference
His saturnine face was streaked with sweat and his dark eyes held a gleam of expectant mirth. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
The saturnine Anthony Wood is amusingly illustrated in two passages from his notice of Earle. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
The saturnine features of the inspector wrinkled into as near a grin as they were capable of. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
But the contrast of the saturnine Emperor with the sudden change of his court was too powerful. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
And for half an hour Great Taylor's saturnine mind followed in the wake of his smoothly flowing words. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
President -- a saturnine man, who made no return to my bow, but, after looking at me, asked me to take a seat. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
By his saturnine cast of face, and contracted brow, he is evidently a profound critic, and much too wise to laugh. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency] Reference
He walked by her side, still half saturnine, but in part conquered already by the soft seduction of her voice and face. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
He was one of the most faithful and constant fellows in the world, but as a general thing he was a little saturnine in temper. From Wordnik.com. [In Direst Peril] Reference
Lanegan is merely the lung for hire, having previously provided tarred guest vocals to saturnine rock group Queens of the Stone Age. From Wordnik.com. [Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan: Hawk] Reference
Her hair and eyes were raven-black, her complexion dark and saturnine, and she wore an expression of care inconsistent with enjoyment. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times] Reference
A prominent New England educator tells of a Chinese cook in Manila who was innocently carrying about a reference, written by a saturnine. From Wordnik.com. [More Toasts] Reference
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