Hermione bore up reasonably well on those nights when they managed to scavenge nothing but berries or stale biscuits, her temper perhaps a little shorter than usual and her silences rather dour.
His cake and cheese remained on the table all night for the fairies. He managed to continue work till nine o'clock, and then marched dumb and dour to his chamber.
But the surprisingly strong pace of the rebound offers Mr. Biden a chance to try and turn around an economic narrative that has focused largely on negatives: soaring inflation and dour consumer sentiment.
Jon watched him mop up a runny yolk with a chunk of bread. It was strangely comforting to see Edd's dour face again. " How goes the restoration work" ? he asked his old steward.
These losses, combined with his Puritan religious views, partly explain Cromwell's dour outlook, though this was also partly owing to a streak of depression which he struggled with intermittently throughout his adult life.
The Restoration era has been characterised as one of loose morals, sexual promiscuity, heavy drinking and a generally more flamboyant court culture, all of which contrasted sharply with the dour Puritanism of the 1650s.