Example Sentences
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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
He mentored some of the team’s younger players, but he also sulked and shot terribly.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2022
May Belle either tried to push in with him and Leslie or sulked at being left out.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
