sulk
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Kane said Bayern had "no time to sulk" and "would not let the defeat define our season".
From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026
Fin Gough and Sioned Cray, from Nantgaredig in Carmarthenshire, had to explain the definition of the word poody, meaning to sulk.
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
Exhausted and exasperated, the quarterback had a rhetorical question for the cluster: “Can’t you let a guy sulk in peace?”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025
Fred tried to sulk but was too hot to bother.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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