She received it in sulky silence and retired to her room. From Wordnik.com. [Just Patty] Reference
Baron was not the first choice for the lead (Peter Falk was), but he does have a certain sulky presence as cynical hit man Frank Bono. From Wordnik.com. [Weekly Mishmash: April 25-May 1 : Scrubbles.net] Reference
He traveled in a vehicle called a sulky, and I went on horseback. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Samuel M. Janney,] Reference
I have a disposition variously described as sulky, sour, sarky, or cynical. From Wordnik.com. [Old Tin Sorrows]
There were many, misled by her petulant lips and watchful eyes, to call her sulky: these did not judge her silence favourably. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay] Reference
‘I beg your pardon,’ he stammered, with a kind of sulky surprise. From Wordnik.com. [Armadale] Reference
Later on he learned from Gussie that Dexie had turned "sulky" at the last moment and refused to come. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces] Reference
She went on with her breakfast in sulky silence. From Wordnik.com. [What Katy Did: A Story] Reference
That same kind of sulky resistance often crops up in investing. From Wordnik.com. [The Money Times - finance news, lifestyle, markets, investment, personal finance, banking, retirement planning] Reference
'I beg your pardon,' he stammered, with a kind of sulky surprise. From Wordnik.com. [Armadale] Reference
Atleast words from his personal blog doesnt make me feel that he is one "sulky". From Wordnik.com. [WordPress.com News] Reference
I felt ruffled, and went straight into my "sulky," where I stayed till lunch-time. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Basement Flat] Reference
Clara, walking with a kind of sulky abandon, watched it half-fascinated, half-contemptuous. From Wordnik.com. [Sons and Lovers] Reference
He had begun to speak with a kind of sulky self-confidence; but his voice sunk lower as he proceeded. From Wordnik.com. [The Perpetual Curate] Reference
Experience my messy but wonderful kids, who might be kind of sulky at the prospect of seeing Deadwood. From Wordnik.com. [Spanglemonkey] Reference
The sunny March day had no reflection in Rose's face; "sulky" is the only word that will tell you how she looked. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel] Reference
Thad West looked frankly sulky and quite at a loss. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
It was late, and they were silent, and I thought sulky. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
In the bar next door sat another man, sulky and perturbed. From Wordnik.com. [The Night Lincoln Died] Reference
Be cautious then how you exchange your sulky for a carriage. From Wordnik.com. [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference
"I don't know how you make that out," said the man in a sulky tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives] Reference
She herself is absent, sulky, as if she were only performing a duty. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He was sitting in his sulky in front of the grand stand and talking to. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
The Bishop was pale to the roots of his hair when he got out of the sulky. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Above the road a sulky sky curves like a crazy racer on the Hockenheim Ring. From Wordnik.com. [Gyoza Express] Reference
H. got into my sulky and we drove off, the question to be decided after dinner. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)] Reference
Off they went as before, the old pacer hugging the mare's sulky wheels like a demon. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
And that was how the old man drew first blood and came out in a new sulky and harness. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
By great good fortune, at this juncture came along in his sulky Dr. Butterfield of Meriden. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
Madame -- Well, it is all for the best; I know you would have been sulky all the week after. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
No sullenness is to remain, no sulky temper which so easily gives birth to thunder and lightning. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
The fair-haired girl looked annoyed, the fat girl openly sulky and the dimpled girl disapproving. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
Flecker, good-natured and fat, his horse in a warming-up foam, laughed till he swayed in the sulky. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Her brightness and beauty seemed all gone: she was a sulky child insisting upon the moon or nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
Peace was so sulky, -- not at all her sprightly, cheerful self, -- and Allee felt out of sorts in sympathy. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
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