- 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
And as he goes off and sulks at being denied, she coaxes him back.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2022
Ramón de Ocampo, who plays Hamlet, broods and sulks as any Hamlet must.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2022
There is a poignant depiction of a timeout: A redhead with pigtails sulks on a stool, tiny against a background of solid black.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
“For that bit of impertinence you may polish the coal stove tomorrow. This room is the perfect place for a noisy, I might say badly spoiled, little tyrant to have his sulks in private.”
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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