sulk
verb (used without object)
to remain silent or hold oneself aloof in a sullen, ill-humored, or offended mood.
am sulking
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present progressiveof sulk (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Your brothers have gone in search of hiras and manis, and it is because I do not see the trees in my garden adorned with these precious stones that I am sulking.
From Santal Folk Tales by A. Campbell
Oh! my sons, I am sulking because I see no flowers in my garden.
From Santal Folk Tales by A. Campbell
It is nothing child, only I see no flowers in my garden, and therefore I am sulking.
From Santal Folk Tales by A. Campbell
I have a headache, and I am sulking," I said unpleasantly, "but at least I am not actively venomous.
From When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart
But till that happens I am sulking and fulfill my destiny though it's against the grain—that is, to ruin thousands for the sake of saving one.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
