sulked; sulking; sulks
: to be moodily silent
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Examples of sulk in a Sentence
Verb
He went to sulk in his room.
She has been sulking all day.
Noun
a child sitting in a sulk over a minor disagreement
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Christian K. Kleinbub, ARTnews.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Perry sulked away, opening the door for the return of MJF’s return to an even bigger pop.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 July 2024
While Mel says he’s gotten better and has learned to celebrate Nick’s life more than sulk, the pain remains.
—Jonathan M. Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
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Verb
Christ stands with arms folded, eyes narrowed—a perfect image of sulking adolescent defiance.
—Christian K. Kleinbub, ARTnews.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Perry sulked away, opening the door for the return of MJF’s return to an even bigger pop.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
Noun
Julio has a permanent sulk on his face and a worrying stoop in his gait.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 July 2024
While Mel says he’s gotten better and has learned to celebrate Nick’s life more than sulk, the pain remains.
—Jonathan M. Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
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“Sulk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sulk. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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sulk
1 of 2 verb
: to be silently angry, upset, or irritable
sulk
2 of 2 noun1
: the state of one sulking
—often used in plural
had a case of the sulks
2
: a sulky mood
was in a sulk
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