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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 there’s “Gladiator,” of course, in which Phoenix sulked up a storm as the Roman emperor Commodus, a performance that feels, in retrospect, like a petulant warm-up act for this movie.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023

And then years later in 2021, Mr. Trump sulked about his political future inside Mar-a-Lago.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2023

Vonetta sulked something pitiful when Cecile told her to cut it out.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia