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But the girl said that she wouldn't marry him if he was the last man on earth, and he fell back to sulking again.
TISH, THE CHRONICLE OF HER ESCAPADES AND EXCURSIONSMARY ROBERTS RINEHART
A tame monkey who was in the room happened to be angry and sulking over something.
THE CHILD'S BOOK OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHYMARY STOYELL STIMPSON
The woman should have helped him, but she was sulking in a corner, weeping.
THE BUTTONED SKYGEOFF ST. REYNARD
Backing the big Aigle, who was sulking in her bonnet, he put her nose to the left.
THE MOTOR MAIDALICE MURIEL WILLIAMSON AND CHARLES NORRIS WILLIAMSON
The upper classes were either helpless and sulking, or helpless and smiling artificially.
HYACINTHGEORGE A. BIRMINGHAM
They had "roughed it" in their tents uncomplainingly (sulking only on occasions, like Achilles).
THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEYT. PHELAN
She even succeeded after a minute or two in saying, holding carefully on to her voice to keep it steady, 'I'm not—sulking.
VERAELISABETH VON ARNIM
The father of Olivier Vinet was just now sulking with the government.
THE LESSER BOURGEOISIEHONORE DE BALZAC
If you mean Carsonism, said Boon, its only sulking until it can cut in again.
BOON, THE MIND OF THE RACE, THE WILD ASSES OF THE DEVIL, AND THE LAST TRUMP;HERBERT GEORGE WELLS
Evie Soames had just spoken to Mr. Jeffries; she was sulking at Archie's desertion of her.
THE STORY OF LOUIEOLIVER ONIONS
WORDS RELATED TO SULKING
- bad-tempered
- cheerless
- churlish
- crabbed
- crabby
- cross
- cynical
- dismal
- dour
- dull
- fretful
- frowning
- gloomy
- glowering
- glum
- gruff
- grumpy
- heavy
- hostile
- ill-humored
- inert
- irritable
- malevolent
- malicious
- malign
- mean
- moody
- morose
- obstinate
- ornery
- out of sorts
- peevish
- perverse
- pessimistic
- petulant
- pouting
- pouty
- querulous
- saturnine
- silent
- somber
- sour
- sourpussed
- stubborn
- sulking
- sulky
- surly
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- ugly
- unsociable
- uptight
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