sullenest

“It lies like a mediator, the westerly hand of the east end of the country stretching across the sullenest part of the Mississippi to clasp the easterly hand of the west end of the country.”

Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It

“He was brought in between two mailed men-at-arms, his hands pinioned behind him, his tread heavy as that of a man in fear, his eyes directed sullenly upon the waiting trio, but sullenest of all upon Francesco, who had so signally encompassed his discomfiture.”

Love-at-Arms

“They landed in droves, that ironed flock of men; and the sullenest-looking scoundrel of them all was John Dillaway.”

The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper