Definition of Saturnine

sad and solemn

Examples of Saturnine in a sentence

The dog’s eyes became saturnine whenever he was left at home alone.  

As the widow accepted offers of sympathy at her husband’s funeral, she struggled to keep tears from her saturnine eyes.  

Matt had a saturnine look on his face as he watched his ex-girlfriend walk out the door for the last time.  

Since Natasha has been ill, she has been in a saturnine mood.  

It was hard to not be saturnine after learning of my favorite aunt’s death.  

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