sulking

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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

You are granted five minutes sulking time before raising your shoulders and saying, “It’s just sports,” so people know you are not a loser who cannot manage their emotions.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024

"Ever since I came over here she's been sulking at me training here," Ryan told BBC Radio Derby.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024

I could barely recognize the place, or navigate through the endless rows of restaurants, strip malls and big-box stores sulking shoulder to shoulder along all the main streets.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2023

“You’re sulking because I won’t do what you want.”

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman