- present participle of sulk.
sulking
Example Sentences
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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
“Instead of sulking on, ‘Well, I tried this and it failed, now I don’t know where to go,’ I just used it as positive things, and eventually turned.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
The Mariners lost Sunday, but they weren’t sulking.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
Instead of me sulking about, "Well, I can't get up at this one show," there was a bunch of other shows in the city, so I went to those.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2024
He was dark, and when he wasn’t sulking in silence he would tell me things I really didn’t want to know.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
