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"All players want to play, it's normal, it's what makes us happy. I have team-mates who want to play too, but no one sulks," Griezmann told reporters.

From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025

He allows her into the family home as he sulks, and defends her presence to his irate sister: “I am not putting my donkey outside when I am sad, okay?” he says.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023

And as he goes off and sulks at being denied, she coaxes him back.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2022

There is a poignant depiction of a timeout: A redhead with pigtails sulks on a stool, tiny against a background of solid black.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2021

“Anthony used to get the sulks, too,” said the Mellower’s mother.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer