sulk

Example Sentences

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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

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

Exhausted and exasperated, the quarterback had a rhetorical question for the cluster: “Can’t you let a guy sulk in peace?”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025

The two of them walked silently the few blocks to the church, Julie in full sulk mode and Alex with his mind elsewhere.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer