Tomlinson, with that moroseness which men in his desperate condition are so frequently known to manifest towards intriguers more fortunate than themselves.
Even the moroseness of the Resurrection Man partially gave way before the exhilarating fluid; and he narrated a variety of incidents connected with the pursuits of his criminal career.
Moroseness crowned his brow; sorrow berode his soul, and on his under lip the bull-bat, that eccentric bird which has to sit lengthwise of the limb, might have perched with room to spare.
As he reinserted himself halfway across the portals of the realm where she queened it his recent moroseness was quite gone from him.
His very moroseness provided the sanctuary of silence.
The Humming-bird, growing weedier and weaker, revived in her presence; he relaxed a little of his moroseness and austerity.
He went to his seat, avoiding recognition of a dozen ready greetings, feeling all the old stubborn moroseness rising, angry at himself that he should have so thoughtlessly ventured back into the past which he had resolved to banish.
The transition from moroseness to ecstatic gaiety was so swift that he felt an impulse to work.
Athens, and became notorious for the most frantic excesses of moroseness and self-denial.
I shuddered to be near him, and thought on the servant's ill-bred moroseness as comparatively agreeable.
It is worth inquiring, however, whether the moroseness of the rich was not the cause, instead of the effect, of the mischievous temper of the poor.
When he did come he annoyed her either by moroseness and tyranny, or by an affectation of loving good-humour, which was the more disagreeable alternative of the two.
I laid a restraint upon myself for fear of going too far, and joined but little, only so as not to show moroseness or ill-breeding.
This moroseness is remarkably prevalent amongst the Iberians, who are [CAS.
In that day there were many rites and worships which kept to themselves—many forms of moroseness or misanthropy, as they were considered, which withdrew their votaries from the public ceremonial.
I had always dreaded his moroseness and instinctively felt the cause of it.
The little black man had lived so long under the shadow of father's moroseness that when the pressure was lifted from his bent black shoulders he rebounded to an amazing extent.
He saw all this; and knew enough of human nature to suspect that the self-seeking which showed as moroseness in company, might show as downright bad temper in private.
Lord Scoutbush was too busy with his own comforts, especially with his fishing, to think much of this moroseness of Elsley's.
Her countenance was totally altered; the enchanting softness of her tone was changed to a moroseness that added new beauty to her.
And Michael, already deep-sunk in habitual moroseness merely looked at her calmly, not a ripple to his neck-hair nor a prick to his ears.
His moroseness changed to a deep-seated melancholy.
His features were scarcely ever relaxed into a smile, nor did that air which spoke the unhappiness of his mind at any time forsake them: yet his manners were by no means such as denoted moroseness and misanthropy.
Add to which, that her habits inclined her to moroseness and discontent, and that persons of her complexion seem unable to exist without some object upon which to pour out the superfluity of their gall.
My mind had been relaxed into temporary dejection, but my reserve had no alloy of moroseness or insensibility.
The festival will not be less gay for my absence,' said Coningsby, with that plaintive moroseness not unusual to despairing lovers.
She, therefore, surprised Coningsby with the almost affectionate moroseness with which, while she hated to sing, she yet found pleasure in singing for him alone.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "moroseness" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: dejection; gloom; incompatibility; melancholy; moodiness; surliness; unfriendliness
