Sulkily

Synonyms for "sulkily" (3 found)

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"So haven't we got anything left to eat in the house?" mumbled Tom sulkily. "No. As you can see, there's nothing left. But here you go – here's the shopping list," replied Mary, pressing the list into his hand, his stomach growling like that of a starving wolf as he stood in front of the empty fridge. "Now then, you can go and sit yourself in the car and get yourself down to the shops, can't you?"

Source: tatoeba (8808916)

"There, now I suppose you're satisfied!" he said, sulkily, but his instructor was not, it seemed, satisfied.

Source: tatoeba (11982273)

But the pretty milk-maid was much too vexed to make any answer. She picked up the leg sulkily and led her cow away, the poor animal limping on three legs.

Source: wiktionary

By hammering trenchantly on that point, Podson was induced to say sulkily, "Oh, all right, if you're so set on it...I never mentioned it. Hang it, I'm not likely to mention it to anybody, am I?"

Source: wiktionary

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