sulky
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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
A sulky is a small cart on two wheels attached to the back of the horse which will accommodate one or two people.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2023
I was too sulky to speak and took my mind off my troubles by recalling how Hog Scald Road got its name.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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