sulk
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Kane said Bayern had "no time to sulk" and "would not let the defeat define our season".
From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026
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
Does a job for the team, got stitched up last week for getting sent off but he didn't sulk about it, he goes and gets a goal.
From BBC ● May 5, 2025
The youngsters sulk, stomp and scamper, pull pranks and horse around.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
Cheers greeted Kaz as he emerged from the eastern arch, Jesper trailing behind him and, if Kaz was any judge, already working himself into a sulk.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
"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 doesn’t say so, exactly, but he sulks if I try to wear them.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2022
And as he goes off and sulks at being denied, she coaxes him back.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2022
He rages and sulks; he suffers feeling rejected for reasons he can’t always control.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
Inkling sulks in the laundry basket the rest of the evening.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
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
And then years later in 2021, Mr. Trump sulked about his political future inside Mar-a-Lago.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Early in their careers, Campbell, Jaquez and Singleton could have sulked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
But it was hard not to laugh, and Fred sulked at the bottom of the cove when Selkie finally let him go.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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
One such scene in the premiere smash cuts between a lonesome Chris sulking by himself at home.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2025
You are granted five minutes sulking time before raising your shoulders and saying, “It’s just sports,” so people know you are not a loser who cannot manage their emotions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2024
Curly didn’t like anyone else driving his pickup, so he was sulking when his wife dropped him off at the trailer.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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