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
“You never want to sulk, like head down,” offensive lineman Trey Pipkins III said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024
Like the majority of teenagers, Jack Draper could sometimes sulk on the tennis court.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2024
She would sulk, then go find a new stalk, and the same mishap would repeat.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
"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
On slave ships, captives frequently died from "the sulks."
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2022
There is a poignant depiction of a timeout: A redhead with pigtails sulks on a stool, tiny against a background of solid black.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
“For that bit of impertinence you may polish the coal stove tomorrow. This room is the perfect place for a noisy, I might say badly spoiled, little tyrant to have his sulks in private.”
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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
Early in 1779, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sulked back to Salzburg, Austria, having failed to land a permanent job abroad.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
Ronaldo muttered something to Santos as he exited, then threw his arms in the air before walking to the bench, where he sulked through the rest of the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2022
“Well, I did the hard part,” Bongo sulked.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
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 closing argument appeared shortly after that, Will Smith blasting another weak pitch over the center field fence, one dugout dancing, the other one sulking — game over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024
"I'm not here sulking and feeling sorry for us but if you take every game, every season as a learning experience, this is a step we need to get into our game," Kompany said.
From BBC ● May 11, 2024
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
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