- present tense form of sulk (3rd person singular).
sulks
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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
He rages and sulks; he suffers feeling rejected for reasons he can’t always control.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
On slave ships, captives frequently died from "the sulks."
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2022
“There’s always next year, hon,” says Dad, because that’s the Dad-ish thing to say when your daughter, more or less, sulks through an entire weekend.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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