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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
sull .
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Examples
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And I told those guys -- I remember, there were just all these guys in their plaid shirts just looking at me kind of sulled up, and I said, you know, if any of you missed a day, even an hour in the deer woods on account of the Brady Bill and the assault weapons ban, I want to vote against me, too, because that congressman lost his job because of me.
Remarks At Dccc Reception San Jose ITY National Archives 2000
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But he had only "sulled," as his mother called it, never quite able to reach the point he desired of actually flinging the care, the gifts, and the loving labors back in the foster-parents 'faces.
Southern Lights and Shadows William Dean Howells 1878
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"The myth that immigration is bad for U.S. workers has sulled the immigration debate for far too long," writes Waslin.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Diaspora: A Return to Reason 2009
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The sun was still high, sulled in the sky like a mule, but Augustus had a keen eye for sun, and to his eye the long light from the west had taken on an encouraging slant.
The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995
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The sun was still high, sulled in the sky like a mule, but Augustus had a keen eye for sun, and to his eye the long light from the west had taken on an encouraging slant.
Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry 1985
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The sun was still high, sulled in the sky like a mule, but Augustus had a keen eye for sun, and to his eye the long light from the west had taken on an encouraging slant.
Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985
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The sun was still high, sulled in the sky like a mule, but Augustus had a keen eye for sun, and to his eye the long light from the west had taken on an encouraging slant.
Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985
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The horse finally stopped bucking and sulled up down by the creek, in a watery clump of wet willows.
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The horse finally stopped bucking and sulled up down by the creek, in a watery clump of wet willows.
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Now that”—she points at the reverend who has sulled up—“that’s how strong families do.”
Sufficient Grace Darnell Arnoult 2006
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