- present tense form of sulk (3rd person singular).
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
He allows her into the family home as he sulks, and defends her presence to his irate sister: “I am not putting my donkey outside when I am sad, okay?” he says.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2023
Ramón de Ocampo, who plays Hamlet, broods and sulks as any Hamlet must.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2022
On slave ships, captives frequently died from "the sulks."
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2022
“Anthony used to get the sulks, too,” said the Mellower’s mother.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
