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"All players want to play, it's normal, it's what makes us happy. I have team-mates who want to play too, but no one sulks," Griezmann told reporters.

From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025

He doesn’t say so, exactly, but he sulks if I try to wear them.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2022

And as he goes off and sulks at being denied, she coaxes him back.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2022

Ramón de Ocampo, who plays Hamlet, broods and sulks as any Hamlet must.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2022

She sulks and turns away from us while I finish telling my story to Trub.

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott




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