Example Sentences

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Sulkiness makes you frown and go away in a corner.

From Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls by Chidley, Howard J. (Howard James)

Sulkiness at being thus thwarted replaced her earlier attempt at amenability.

From Marjorie Dean College Junior by Lester, Pauline

She was a perfect Apostle-errant of the order of Reconciliation; and wherever she went, cast out the devil Sulkiness from all his strongholds—the lofty and the lowly alike.

From Basil by Collins, Wilkie

The act of frowning—Reflection with an effort, or with the perception of something difficult or disagreeable— Abstracted meditation—Ill-temper—Moroseness—Obstinacy Sulkiness and pouting—Decision or determination—The firm closure of the mouth.

From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Darwin, Charles

Sulkiness is not one of his faults; no, no, nobody could say that.

From That Little Beggar by Hall, E. King