sulk

IPA: sˈʌɫk

noun

  • A state of sulking.
  • (in the plural, preceded by definite article) A fit of sulking; a sulking mood.
  • A person who sulks
  • A furrow.

verb

  • (intransitive) To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.
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Examples of "sulk" in Sentences

  • You have to get over the 'sulk' and get back onto something.
  • They kind of sulk during hot summers then perk up to show off in early spring.
  • According to the BBC's gardening wizards it will "sulk" if it is planted in heavy clay or shale.
  • Not with a ten-word sulk about how aweful it is you have to take a few minutes from your life to write a few paragraphs.
  • There will always be times the Captain and Coach disagree, but Smith seems to "sulk" when decisions are made that he does not agree with 100% ...
  • He said his dog loved going to the pub after work with him and would "sulk" if he left her in the van or took her home while he went there during her ban.
  • Beryl's "sulk" had grown, like the gathering clouds of an impending storm, into a big gloom that did not lighten even when, after dinner, the girls were left alone in the library with their beloved "one thousand and seventy-four" books.
  • Only if I would have let my common sense exceed my sense of humor and utilized it at that the time when it actually mattered, today it would have been a different story altogether….*sulk, sulk, sulk*….now don’t you guys think that I am jealous or something.

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