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

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

There's a bit of verbal argy-bargy, sulkiness and tension.

From The Guardian • Jun. 1, 2012

He was a tall, dark, well-grown young fellow, who might have been handsome but for a look of gloomy sulkiness which made his face repulsive.

From Boston Neighbours In Town and Out by Poor, Agnes Blake