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  • verb Present participle of sulk.

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Examples

  • In Attack of the Clones he's too wrapped up in sulking about, well, everything, and in Revenge of the Sith he's too busy mopping up messes from the Clone Wars until he goes over to the Dark Side and only then does it seem to dawn on him that he might be a demi-god.

    Chosen ones 2009

  • In Attack of the Clones he's too wrapped up in sulking about, well, everything, and in Revenge of the Sith he's too busy mopping up messes from the Clone Wars until he goes over to the Dark Side and only then does it seem to dawn on him that he might be a demi-god.

    Lance Mannion: 2009

  • Kipling spent the later part of his life in sulking, and no doubt it was political disappointment rather than literary vanity that account for this.

    Rudyard Kipling 1942

  • Early morning past, she is coquetting with the wooing clouds, now all gay and responsive, again sulking in sullen shade.

    Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago 1887

  • Wayne called the sulking scout a damned coward, which consoled him somewhat, but didn't help matters.

    Marion's Faith. Charles King 1888

  • It beats me how you could characterize his attitude as 'sulking' if you're trying for an honest characterization (okay, silly me).

    A Word On Yesterday's Hillary-Obama Delegate Dust-Up 2009

  • I was kind of sulking and asking again, “Why me, Lord?”

    Beyond the Storm DR. JERRY JONES 1997

  • Fred on the bank, panting violently, and holding tight to the rod, for the salmon had stopped there, and was now "sulking" at the bottom of a deep hole.

    Chasing the Sun 1859

  • After some self-described "sulking", Gore came around and added more to the embryonic fast version together with producer Mark "Flood" Ellis, notably the guitar riff heard throughout.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories scott4261 2010

  • After some self-described "sulking", Gore came around and added more to the embryonic fast version together with producer Mark "Flood" Ellis, notably the guitar riff heard throughout.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories scott4261 2010

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