sulked

Example Sentences

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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

“I sulked for a few hours, it was kind of like a shock,” Ingram said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2023

Players are taught to have a “next play mentality,” he said, and instead, Gibson sulked.

From Washington Times • Sep. 14, 2022

Having long sulked under a halo of anguish, Kaufmann was all the more moving in this hushed monologue, lending an inevitability to his character’s death.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2022

May Belle either tried to push in with him and Leslie or sulked at being left out.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson