sulk
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She doesn’t sulk or complain or cry; she simply lives in her memories, and has a habit of wearing the gown in which she shared a last dance with her husband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Kane said Bayern had "no time to sulk" and "would not let the defeat define our season".
From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026
It comes from the Welsh pwdu, meaning to sulk, which itself originated with the English word pout, combined with the Welsh verb-forming suffix -u.
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
Before I could properly sulk about it, the doorbell rang and Pa was smiling and springing up out of his chair.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
"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
He allows her into the family home as he sulks, and defends her presence to his irate sister: “I am not putting my donkey outside when I am sad, okay?” he says.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2023
And as he goes off and sulks at being denied, she coaxes him back.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2022
He rages and sulks; he suffers feeling rejected for reasons he can’t always control.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
He could remember no other unusual conversation with her, no strange behavior, no meaningful looks or sulks to suggest that her schoolgirlish passion had lasted beyond that day in June.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
When I first graduated, I moved back in with my parents and sulked around because I was unemployed and without an internship lined up.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
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
“I sulked for a few hours, it was kind of like a shock,” Ingram said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
Little Man never acted out; he never sulked or stormed off in frustration.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022
But Shasta sulked and said No thanks, and that he wasn't hungry.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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
Elio doesn’t do too much sulking before he’s beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary take on the United Nations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
"I'm not here sulking and feeling sorry for us but if you take every game, every season as a learning experience, this is a step we need to get into our game," Kompany said.
From BBC ● May 11, 2024
The Mariners lost Sunday, but they weren’t sulking.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
“Don’t you want to take a last look at the place?” he asked Hedwig, who was still sulking with her head under her wing.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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