| Photographs of him make him appear dour, and he lived a monkish kind of life. |
| Under the new regime, the stereotypically dour Aberdonian demeanour has been proved something of a fallacy. |
| The main tradition of our historical fiction has been rather homely and dour, with puritanism doing duty as the mother of necessity. |
| His batting is dour and unimaginative and his off breaks, like his attitudes, seldom turn. |
| All vertically oriented and framed behind glass, the exhibits exuded a dour vulnerability that I didn't expect. |
| Titch, a six foot seven-inch pig-man, long haired, dour and slightly deranged is fabulous. |
