sulked
Example Sentences
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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 there’s “Gladiator,” of course, in which Phoenix sulked up a storm as the Roman emperor Commodus, a performance that feels, in retrospect, like a petulant warm-up act for this movie.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023
Players are taught to have a “next play mentality,” he said, and instead, Gibson sulked.
From Washington Times • Sep. 14, 2022
He mentored some of the team’s younger players, but he also sulked and shot terribly.
From New York Times • May 26, 2022
He fidgeted and sulked, and said he couldn’t get any work done without her.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
