sulky

Example Sentences

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This is all so he can coddle his sulky, wild teenage son while expecting Carrie to limit all extracurricular cuddles to her adopted kitty, Shoe.

From Salon • May 29, 2025

No sniggering jokes now about princely flings and sulky princesses and body doubles.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2024

Dr. Ash clearly doesn’t take his son’s career seriously, and in just a few days Jed seems to regress to a kind of sulky adolescence.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 2023

Marion Fitzgibbon, the charity's chair, accepts that some horses on the estates are kept in good condition, but she has no time for sulky racing.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2023

He could feel his lower lip start to jut out, like he was just a sulky little kid.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix