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
Nobody knows quite how far back sulky racing goes in Ireland, but it's probably at least 200 years old.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2023
His big eyes would wall up to the ceiling with a look of fear in them, and afterward he was very sulky and would not let his friend speak to him.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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