All 13 Uses
sulk
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Lonesome Dove
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- The memory of those games usually put him to drinking more than he liked to—and all because Lorie ceased being a sulky whore for a little while and reminded him of happy girls he had once known.†
Chpt 3-4sulky = overly unhappy and unsociable
- He fried it, and Jake and Deets ate it, while Bolivar sat in the corner and sulked at the thought of two more breakfasts to wash up after.†
Chpt 5-6 *sulked = was overly unhappy and unsociable
- But when Pea's name was added there was a lot of discussion about it, and around that time Deets developed a tremendous case of the sulks—unlike him and perplexing to Call.†
Chpt 7-8sulks = is overly unhappy and unsociable
- Then, all because of the sign, he went into a sulk and stayed in it until Augustus finally spotted him looking wistfully at it one day and figured it out.†
Chpt 7-8sulk = to be overly unhappy and unsociable
- "That damn sign's ruint this outfit," he said, and went into a sulk himself.†
Chpt 7-8
- Xavier and Lippy, who were used to her long sulks, hardly knew what to think.†
Chpt 13-14sulks = is overly unhappy and unsociable
- THE MINUTE Jake stepped in the door of the Dry Bean Lorena saw that he was in a sulk.†
Chpt 19-20sulk = to be overly unhappy and unsociable
- Lorena watched Jake closely for a few minutes to see if she was the cause of his sulk.†
Chpt 19-20
- Jake could sulk if he wanted to.†
Chpt 34-35
- More and more he was inclined to sulk.†
Chpt 40-41
- He immediately walked off in a sulk.†
Chpt 46-47
- Everyone looked happy except Gus, who was in a sulk because he had been outcooked.†
Chpt 48-49
- Today she's feeling sulky.†
Chpt 72-73sulky = overly unhappy and unsociable
Definitions:
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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)