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A love song in which both MGK and Willow bemoan falling for the emo girl who’s just out of reach, sulkily celebrating her the way songs in the 1950s serenaded the prom queen.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2022

I said sulkily, unwilling yet to be contrite.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2019

Out of shot, a man’s voice begins to dictate instructions, which she notes down somewhat sulkily.

From Economist • Apr. 23, 2018

In 1991, Ruckel arrived in San Diego as a plucky 11-year-old who constantly rang the doorbell and sulkily told his mother he didn't love her, telling callers asking for her, "She's dead."

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2015

They got the canoe out of the water, and then Alice sulkily picked her way up the lawn towards the man, who was shouting again.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman