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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Elias Burke, The Athletic, 18 Aug. 2024
Christ stands with arms folded, eyes narrowed—a perfect image of sulking adolescent defiance.
—Christian K. Kleinbub, ARTnews.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Alison Willmore, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
Julio has a permanent sulk on his face and a worrying stoop in his gait.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 July 2024
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Verb
Ronaldo was visibly shocked when his number was held up by the fourth official and sulked off the pitch before throwing the coat he had been handed on the floor of the United bench.
—Elias Burke, The Athletic, 18 Aug. 2024
Christ stands with arms folded, eyes narrowed—a perfect image of sulking adolescent defiance.
—Christian K. Kleinbub, ARTnews.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
Lucius, at best, looks like someone engaged in a prolonged sulk.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
Julio has a permanent sulk on his face and a worrying stoop in his gait.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 July 2024
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“Sulk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sulk. Accessed 26 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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