sulk
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She doesn’t sulk or complain or cry; she simply lives in her memories, and has a habit of wearing the gown in which she shared a last dance with her husband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Kane said Bayern had "no time to sulk" and "would not let the defeat define our season".
From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026
It comes from the Welsh pwdu, meaning to sulk, which itself originated with the English word pout, combined with the Welsh verb-forming suffix -u.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
Nine months later, after the New Year's Eve party where Joel messes up again by trying to defend Ellie, he excuses himself to sulk with Ellie’s guitar on his porch.
From Salon ● May 19, 2025
When I suggested we leave and maybe see a movie, Bonnie pushed herself back from the table and proceeded to sulk.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
"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
Everyone was mad at Dad, which gave him a case of the sulks.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
When I first graduated, I moved back in with my parents and sulked around because I was unemployed and without an internship lined up.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
Some 17-year-olds might have sulked at the prospect of swapping the glamour of the Premier League for games against Grimsby and Peterborough.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
And then years later in 2021, Mr. Trump sulked about his political future inside Mar-a-Lago.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
“I sulked for a few hours, it was kind of like a shock,” Ingram said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
The people flocked to the abandoned Greek camp to see the sights: here Achilles had sulked so long; there Agamemnon’s tent had stood; this was the quarters of the trickster, Odysseus.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
When Dembele was substituted, he encouraged his replacement rather than sulking.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
So does not sulking when kids don’t invite you on their vacation or forget to send Mother’s Day cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
Elio doesn’t do too much sulking before he’s beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary take on the United Nations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
The Mariners lost Sunday, but they weren’t sulking.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
“I want my own bed,” Theodora said, and Eleanor thought, She is sulking again; when she is hungry or tired or bored she turns into a baby.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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