sulk
verb (used without object)
to remain silent or hold oneself aloof in a sullen, ill-humored, or offended mood.
are sulking
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present progressiveof sulk.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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Most Nicaraguan insurgents are sulking in their tents in Honduras.
From Time Magazine Archive
If you do not tell me why you are sulking I will not depart, am not I also your humble maidservant?
From Santal Folk Tales by A. Campbell
Everyone at home thinks you are sulking somewhere in Europe because of a quarrel with me.
From Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant by Hugh S. Fullerton
You've been sulking all the evening because Conway got that story, and now you are sulking because you have got a better one.
From Van Bibber and Others by Richard Harding Davis
The Constable Montmorency is still very high in favour, and the Guises are sulking on their estates.
From Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
