Sulkily

Examples

• On my pointing out the great impropriety of the word, especially in connexion with his parent (for he added sulkily By her! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It is necessary to my plans and wishes, returned the other sulkily. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He sulkily followed them to where the wagon stood at the door. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Therefore he sulkily supposes that the young man must come up into the library. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Very well, said Fred, sulkily, taking up his hat and whip. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• With which she presented it sulkily enough. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Now and then, the sound of the signal cannon broke upon us again, and again rolled sulkily along the course of the river. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Trenor sulkily yielded his place, and Lily turned a brilliant smile on the newcomer. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The sex were pleased to like me, sir,' said Lammle sulkily, but with the air of a man who had not been able to help himself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Brooch or no brooch, he growled sulkily, I recommend her not to forget her appointment in the library this afternoon. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Only a bob's vorth, Tommy,' cried the driver sulkily, for the information of his friend the waterman, as the cab drove off. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Yes, yes, bully and bluster as much as you like, he said sulkily; the difficulty about the money is not the only difficulty. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I have no intention of acting contrary to your desires, he replied sulkily, rising to his feet; but I cannot understand the meaning of your actions. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Augustus left me sulkily, and we were soon on our way to Brighton. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mr. Superintendent--taking his set-down rather sulkily--asked if he should summon the women. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The excuse was sulkily accepted by Mr. Osborne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• So should oi, said Joe, grinning sulkily, and mounting the Baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He thought for a minute, then he said, sulkily: 'I don't know. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He spoke rather sulkily, feeling himself stalemated. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Fred, she said, peeping round to catch his eyes, which were sulkily turned away from her, you are too delightfully ridiculous. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Don't call me names, said the big Guardsman, sulkily. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Silas looks as hard at his one leg as he can in the dim light, and after a pause sulkily opines 'that it must be the fault of the other people. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You know whether the cap fits you, Loo,' returned her brother sulkily. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Really, I never thought about it, said Will, sulkily. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

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