Example Sentences

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But his having just one touchdown is why the Seahawks were celebrating after the game and the Broncos were sulking.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2022

But thankfully, while Drake and the Weeknd were sulking in the corner, plenty of other guys at the party were having more fun and partaking in life’s simpler pleasures.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2015

But it had been silent since Peabo left, as if it were sulking.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 20, 2010

I didn’t have the faintest idea what they were sulking over, and was about to ask, when my mother happened to be walking past.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

"I am glad to see you, bully-boy; I thought you were sulking in your tent like--like, you know his name, the fellow old Bloggs was always yarning about."

From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.