sulked
Example Sentences
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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
“I sulked for a few hours, it was kind of like a shock,” Ingram said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
Little Man never acted out; he never sulked or stormed off in frustration.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022
Like cottontail rabbits and chaparral birds and a baby possum that sulked and lay like dead for the first several hours until he finally decided that Arliss wasn’t going to hurt him.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
