sulks

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2022

He rages and sulks; he suffers feeling rejected for reasons he can’t always control.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2022

Still, Woodward’s prose offers readers that delicious, vicarious sense of being an insider, right there in the room with Bob, a witness to presidential sulks and boasts.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2020

How can you celebrate your birthday when you’ve got the sulks, how can you accept gifts from people you won’t even talk to?

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank