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sulk
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Of Human Bondage
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You needn't make it worse by sulking,' said Mr. Carey.†
Chpt 7-8

sulking = overly unhappy and unsociable
But his disappointment made him a little sulky.†
Chpt 17-18
He would sulk for a day, and he suffered more because Rose either did not notice his ill-humour or deliberately ignored it.†
Chpt 19-20 *

sulk = to be overly unhappy and unsociable
Philip looked down sulkily.†
Chpt 19-20

sulkily = in an excessively unhappy and unsociable manner
This time he grew quite sulky.†
Chpt 33-34

sulky = overly unhappy and unsociable
Philip stood over her rather sulkily.†
Chpt 35-36

sulkily = in an excessively unhappy and unsociable manner
Philip listened sulkily.†
Chpt 37-38
The model threw aside the paper she had been reading, La Petite Republique, and sulkily, throwing off her gown, got on to the stand.†
Chpt 39-40
Miss Price was unaccountable, and having parted from her on one day with friendliness he could never tell whether on the next she would not be sulky and uncivil; but he learned a good deal from her: though she could not draw well herself, she knew all that could be taught, and her constant suggestions helped his progress.†
Chpt 43-44

sulky = overly unhappy and unsociable
She approached sulkily.†
Chpt 55-56

sulkily = in an excessively unhappy and unsociable manner
Then he became sulky and silent.†
Chpt 61-62

sulky = overly unhappy and unsociable
That's not a very nice thing to say to me,' she replied sulkily.†
Chpt 61-62

sulkily = in an excessively unhappy and unsociable manner
I'm quick-tempered too and I can understand that I hurt you, but it's so stupid to sulk over it.†
Chpt 71-72

sulk = to be overly unhappy and unsociable
Her face was set into a sulky look, and she kept her eyes fixed on her plate.†
Chpt 75-76

sulky = overly unhappy and unsociable
The patient retired sulkily, with an angry scowl.†
Chpt 81-82

sulkily = in an excessively unhappy and unsociable manner
She got up, a little sulkily, and went into her room.†
Chpt 91-92
XCIII Next morning Mildred was sulky and taciturn.†
Chpt 93-94

sulky = overly unhappy and unsociable
Philip passed off her sulky reply with a laugh, and, the landlady having arranged to send for their luggage, they sat down to rest themselves.†
Chpt 93-94
It's so humiliating,' she said sulkily.†
Chpt 93-94

sulkily = in an excessively unhappy and unsociable manner
It exasperated him because it showed that she was not listening to anything he said, and yet, if he was silent, she reproached him for sulkiness.†
Chpt 93-94

sulkiness = the characteristic of being excessively unhappy and unsociable
Philip always expressed his regret for what he had said, but Mildred had not a forgiving nature, and she would sulk for a couple of days.†
Chpt 95-96

sulk = to be overly unhappy and unsociable
He wanted to read sometimes and told her to stop talking: she did not know whether to flare up or to sulk, and was so puzzled that she did neither.†
Chpt 95-96
She did not answer, even after a second louder knocking, and he concluded that she was sulking.†
Chpt 97-98

sulking = overly unhappy and unsociable
At last he brought her to a sulky acquiescence in which she promised to do all he advised.†
Chpt 109-110

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(1) (sulk)
to be overly unhappy and unsociable -- often due to disappointment or a sense of not getting what was deserved
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

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