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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a morose" is not correct in standard English usage.
The word "morose" is an adjective and should not be preceded by the article "a."
Example: "He had a morose expression on his face after hearing the bad news."
Alternatives: "a gloomy" or "a sullen".
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Another took a morose turn.
It's a morose, mundane yarn.
Who wants a morose doctor?
She describes it as a "morose headspace".
A morose mood hangs over this World Cup qualifying campaign.
Now, that didn't make me a morose, morbid child.
Which, a morose Ezra realizes, is all he's got.
"This is not a morose gathering," Mr. Raiola said.
A morose young woman sat behind the Oxford stall.
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They are approached by a morose-looking, chubby man with a round face and rosy cheeks.
"Excuse me, sir," he asked a morose-looking man who stared into his glass.
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