sulkiness
- a word derived from sulky.
Example Sentences
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Her natural sulkiness fell away and she began to tap her manicured fingers to the tune of Glukoza’s “Tantsui, Rossiya!”
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
Erskine and Quaid enjoy a decent chemistry — she’s all attitude and the life of the party, while his sulkiness somehow makes him attractive.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2019
Since then, while outwardly maintaining the air of a man who has no problem with his brother's preferment, he radiates sulkiness in his withdrawal from frontline politics.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2012
Recently, she said, they were working on a scene in which Terry is giving Anna a hard time about her weight and sulkiness.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2012
And it said much for his character, that he accepted it without resentment, without the bitterness and sulkiness of injured pride.
From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)
