How to Use morose in a Sentence

morose

adjective
  • He became morose and withdrawn and would not talk to anyone.
  • Leno joked that the title was too morose for a Christmas gift, and moved on.
    — Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2024
  • What’s different this time is that the songs’ tone is not nearly as morose.
    — Tatiana Tenreyro, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2017
  • But if that’s too morose, imagine a lifetime achievement award.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 16 June 2022
  • There’s a dismissive sourness here, though, too morose for satire.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2019
  • That’s his whole reason for being morose and surly to everyone his whole life.
    — Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 June 2025
  • His story, which is loosely based on the death of his own mother, is not morose or overwrought.
    — Emily Zemler, Esquire, 8 Sep. 2016
  • And didn't have this hangdog, morose quality that Brad brought to it.
    — H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Gone are the magnetically morose raps laid over dusty soul loops.
    — Pitchfork, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Despite the cemetery's name, many of the graves' poems are downright morose.
    — Rick Steves, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2019
  • In the first couple of episodes of the new show, Pike is morose and obsessing about his future.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 May 2022
  • Mark Wahlberg would kindly ask you to forget the morose slog that was Max Payne.
    — Matt Patches, Esquire, 27 Aug. 2015
  • Businessfolk, morose of late as GDP growth has slowed, snapped out of their malaise.
    — The Economist, 27 Sep. 2019
  • A lot of long-timers have been talking about the monsoon in the past tense, morose over the decline of an Arizona icon.
    — Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But the mug shot of an unshaven, tired and morose looking Woods won’t play well in any marketing campaign.
    — Jeff Schultz, ajc, 29 May 2017
  • The sound of the Weeknd’s smash is not as morose as its accidentally timely themes might suggest.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Hsu plays Joy, a morose daughter of two Chinese immigrants.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • While Ethel is vivacious and full of life, Norman has become morose and seems to have given up on life.
    — Emily Sorensen, Pomerado News, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Even as tech optimism is obvious, sentiment in much of the rest of the market remains morose.
    — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2020
  • This is a morose serial-killer thriller, visually muted like a TV movie.
    — Gem Seddon, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Labuschagne cut a rather morose figure in the first Bazball- inspired Ashes encounter in June last year.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Fassbender, with his morose anonymity, is the perfect actor to inhabit this role, his sullen snake-like glare emitting silent notes of rage and fear.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
  • And, unrehearsed, Rogers sang the morose song of past love and played the piano, a real treat for fans who've been following her for the past decade.
    — Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Although his lyrics are heavy with meaning, Declan McKenna is far from being morose.
    — Crissy Milazzo, Teen Vogue, 9 Sep. 2016
  • Billie poured herself into the emotions of every syllable, doing her best to let the morose piano track swell and fill the arena.
    — Chris Payne, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2020
  • But before the game, in the old Oakland Coliseum, Favre seemed morose.
    — Peter King, SI.com, 28 Jan. 2018
  • The mega-fame of Kurt Cobain, Leonard Cohen, and so many other morose stars would seem to say otherwise.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Daniels is morose and whiny and Reynolds is hammy and over-the-top, which allows Stone to steal the movie, giving it its only modicum of zest and soul.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 23 July 2025
  • But none of it would have landed had Gad, Lee, and the rest of the Frozen 2 creative team stuck with the morose original cut.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Despite its serious subject matter, the novel is neither morbid nor morose.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026

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