sulk

She doesn’t sulk or complain or cry; she simply lives in her memories, and has a habit of wearing the gown in which she shared a last dance with her husband.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Kane said Bayern had "no time to sulk" and "would not let the defeat define our season".

From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026

It comes from the Welsh pwdu, meaning to sulk, which itself originated with the English word pout, combined with the Welsh verb-forming suffix -u.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025

Nine months later, after the New Year's Eve party where Joel messes up again by trying to defend Ellie, he excuses himself to sulk with Ellie’s guitar on his porch.

From Salon ● May 19, 2025

When Ellis appears at the dinner table, she is in full sulk.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

"All players want to play, it's normal, it's what makes us happy. I have team-mates who want to play too, but no one sulks," Griezmann told reporters.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025

He allows her into the family home as he sulks, and defends her presence to his irate sister: “I am not putting my donkey outside when I am sad, okay?” he says.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2023

Ramón de Ocampo, who plays Hamlet, broods and sulks as any Hamlet must.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2022

On slave ships, captives frequently died from "the sulks."

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2022

Inkling sulks in the laundry basket the rest of the evening.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

Although it’s his version of normal, Randolph said he wouldn’t blame the boy if Carter curled up in a ball and sulked about it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

When I first graduated, I moved back in with my parents and sulked around because I was unemployed and without an internship lined up.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

Some 17-year-olds might have sulked at the prospect of swapping the glamour of the Premier League for games against Grimsby and Peterborough.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

Little Man never acted out; he never sulked or stormed off in frustration.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022

I kicked the dirt and huffed and sulked as I wandered aimlessly.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

Laura and Mary will dance, when not getting in one another’s hair, or sulking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Few would have blamed Elliott for sulking at Bodymoor Heath training ground but he has remained positive and worked hard despite a season that has not gone as he would have hoped or expected.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

So does not sulking when kids don’t invite you on their vacation or forget to send Mother’s Day cards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025

The Mariners lost Sunday, but they weren’t sulking.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024

Chronically ill, having recently lost two young children, his wife was described as “stupid, sulking, lonely, melancholy.”

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan