`What else could I do?' said Graham sulkily. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : sulky weather. From Dictionary.com.
He came in sulkily, neither saluting the company nor returning their salutations. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Hand] Reference
'I would,' said he, rather sulkily than otherwise. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
"What's the use of palaverin '?" said Bob sulkily. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843] Reference
"It's no use goin 'to Blackwall," said he, sulkily. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
"No," she said sulkily, turning to the next dancer. From Wordnik.com. [The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day] Reference
'What's the amount?' he asked sulkily, after a time. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference
"Yes, a fat chance we have!" muttered Willard, sulkily. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles] Reference
Jerry viewed her companion's smiling face rather sulkily. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
"Shan't go with Ellen, I shan't!" muttered Floss, sulkily. From Wordnik.com. [A Bachelor's Dream] Reference
"I had good reason to believe it," returned Peter sulkily. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
"But, I don't want to see you!" retorted the other sulkily. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa] Reference
'The promise of a liberal reward,' replied the man, sulkily. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
"Then you think I ought to tell," she said a little sulkily. From Wordnik.com. [The Village by the River] Reference
"Won't I, thin!" he answered sulkily, and without looking up. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
"I can be a lady without going to school," said Marjory sulkily. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
The fish handed the shell back sulkily, and pointed up the street. From Wordnik.com. [Soap-Bubble Stories For Children] Reference
He said, sulkily, "What sort of a reception was that you gave me?". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
He left her, accordingly, and walked sulkily by his sister's side. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
"They are going to hold an inquest, anyway," Richford said sulkily. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
"You will condescend to speak to me at last, then?" he said, sulkily. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jolliffe's Boys] Reference
"I don't know whether to tell you or not," said Ryder, sulkily, but with. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
"I wouldn't 'a' come if I'd a known I wasn't wanted," she remarked sulkily. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
"Dismiss Trevalyon first, I am an older friend than he," he answered sulkily. From Wordnik.com. [A Heart-Song of To-day] Reference
"I mean," replied the lad, rather sulkily, "that I'm almost starved to death.". From Wordnik.com. [Frank Oldfield Lost and Found] Reference
He remained sulkily outside, taking no part in clearing away the supper-table. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
He hung back sulkily at first, but in a minute yielded and said he would do so. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)] Reference
He trailed sulkily in and the trio sat down in the little wire-backed chairs before. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
"I don't believe you," Elsie said sulkily; "you are too far from Duncan to hurt him.". From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
He bowed sulkily to Mr. Reginald Forcus, when Mr.. Day murmured that gentleman's name. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Day's Daughters] Reference
"I ain't seen the bottle," sulkily responded the lad, his ill-humour returning at once. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor's Lass] Reference
"You know quite well I've got none, and don't want none, Monsieur," she replied sulkily. From Wordnik.com. [Where Deep Seas Moan] Reference
They asked the king tortoise, who sulkily drew his head into his shell, and made no answer. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3)] Reference
'What brings a man who plays as you do, playing in the streets?' he asked a little sulkily. From Wordnik.com. [Cruel Barbara Allen From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference
Alfred sulkily ate in silence, never deigning to look at or answer the questions of the boss. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
'Down, Tyke,' he said sulkily to his dog, that was already growling and jumping at my trousers. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
The boys asked the king tortoise, who sulkily drew his head into his shell, and made no answer. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian] Reference
Gould drove him to the station very sulkily, for his sister had vented her displeasure upon him. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jolliffe's Boys] Reference
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