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

And there’s “Gladiator,” of course, in which Phoenix sulked up a storm as the Roman emperor Commodus, a performance that feels, in retrospect, like a petulant warm-up act for this movie.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023

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

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

From Washington Times • Sep. 14, 2022

Little Arliss sat in the dog run and sulked while I packed water from the spring.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson