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Example sentences for "sulk"

Lexicographically close words:
sulfate; sulfide; sulfur; sulfuric; sulfurous; sulked; sulkily; sulkiness; sulking; sulks
  1. Well, don't sulk about it--there's no time!

  2. She called me all the names she could think of, but she didn't sulk any more.

  3. The world is occupied with men Who fall but quickly rise again; But those who whine because they're hit And step aside to sulk a bit Are doomed some day to wake and find The world has left them far behind.

  4. This utterly senseless remark I had no opportunity of answering, so I determined to sulk with Doe, as soon as the interval should arrive.

  5. Many women can sulk for days; most women can sulk for an hour; I believe that no provocation could have made Isola sulky for two minutes.

  6. We had a maid once that used to smell of all the pots when she came in from the field, and she always guessed when coffee had been given to the other servants; and then she used to sulk for a week, so that you could hardly stand it.

  7. You don't care about anything any more; you're a sorehead, and when I say the least word to you either sauce me or sulk for a week.

  8. Rodbertus had lived for a quarter of a century in a political sulk against the Hohenzollerns.

  9. I shall not sulk If yonder greenish tonguelet licked from brass Its life, I thought was fed on copperas.

  10. I loved him with heart and soul, yes---but deal him a blow for a fault, He would sulk for whole days.

  11. Yes, I did sulk aloof and let alone The lovers--I disturb the angel-mates?

  12. Suppose you'd sulk and wouldn't manage the cotillon if I refused.

  13. After this, next day, meeting her young lover, mademoiselle the debutante would fret and sulk because Frank or Tom talked of his last score at cricket, or his great day with the Team, instead of worshipping her beauty.

  14. He would, when he had lost a badger, sulk and refuse to come out, and as it was impossible to put in any other dog while he was there, he had to be dug to and drawn like a brock.

  15. Some badgers take kindly at once to these new circumstances, others sulk and occasionally waste and die unless great care is taken.

  16. You're not going to sulk with me, my dear, are you?

  17. I don't think he enjoyed his sulk much, poor doggie; perhaps he had an idea that when they saw how much he took it to heart they would send the baby away.

  18. When I saw that rage was vain And to sulk would nothing gain, Twining many a trick and wile I began to soothe and smile.

  19. Struggling in my father's hands, Striving against my swaddling bands, Bound and weary, I thought best To sulk upon my mother's breast.

  20. You wait," my uncle used to answer, disconcerted, and sulk for the rest of his visit.

  21. She will not sulk with you nor misunderstand you nor cheat you of your reward upon some petty doubt.

  22. I retired to the smoking-room, to smoke and read in a corner, and to watch von Heumann, who very soon came to drink beer and to sulk in another.

  23. Better sulk like a mule if you're not sure of it, and leave the dialogue to me; but, please our stars, there will be no need.

  24. At times when worked hard, they get off feed, so to speak, sulk and refuse to come up to a drag.

  25. Old dogs especially show contempt for a new or strange dog which takes its mate's place, be it pup or otherwise, and will often sulk if their place is changed.

  26. Then Am put a rope on to him and tried to lead him, but Pont would sulk and would not be led.

  27. With Marion rather cool and offended, and Regina in a state of perpetual jealousy, Lesbia sometimes grew so exasperated that she left the pair of them to sulk and walked away with Calla or Aldora.

  28. The world is such a happy place, That children, whether big or small, Should always have a smiling face, And never, never sulk at all.

  29. But a brave man does not growl or sulk in such a position.

  30. Accept the situation, like a man or a woman, and do not sulk like a fool.

  31. I thought it was queer he didn't sulk more after the big smell!

  32. How long are you going to sulk like this?

  33. THE WORLD'S MUSIC The world's a very happy place, Where every child should dance and sing, And always have a smiling face, And never sulk for anything.

  34. The world is such a happy place That children, whether big or small, Should always have a smiling face, And never, never sulk at all.

  35. You grunt, sulk and mumble like a naughty child.

  36. At dinner you sulk with me in the most uncivil fashion.

  37. But I don't know how to sulk and I am not petty.

  38. Casanova, after airing her high-flown ideas, began to sulk with her lover.

  39. Everyone else may sulk when a word of reproach is addressed to them, and may make the professors afraid to find fault with them.


  40. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sulk" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.