sulk
verb (used without object)
to remain silent or hold oneself aloof in a sullen, ill-humored, or offended mood.
sulked
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past participleof sulk.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof sulk.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
sulkverb (used without object)to remain silent or hold oneself aloof in a sullen, ill-humored, or offended mood.
Example Sentences
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“I went home and I was like, Oh, they’ve already done all the things I want to do. So I just went and sulked for a few days.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
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
And then years later in 2021, Mr. Trump sulked about his political future inside Mar-a-Lago.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Men limped back, sat out in the fields making fires, sulked along eastward, out in the dark.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
