| 单词 | sulkiness |
| 例句 | There's a bit of verbal argy-bargy, sulkiness and tension. Adrian Searle encounters ... a teacup falling 70 times in a 14-hour film 2012-06-01T10:16:31Z Recently, she said, they were working on a scene in which Terry is giving Anna a hard time about her weight and sulkiness. Jake Gyllenhaal Makes New York Stage Debut 2012-08-23T12:00:00Z Samedi speaks no English but is fluent in the language of childhood sulkiness. Review: In ‘Song From the Forest,’ Louis Sarno Links Africa and America 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Tiny enough to make Nik Kershaw look tall, an expression somewhere between sulkiness and embarrassment on his face, he disappears into a side door, followed by a ripple of applause. Neil Tennant on the 1985 Brits – a classic feature from the vaults 2013-02-13T13:01:33Z Since then, while outwardly maintaining the air of a man who has no problem with his brother's preferment, he radiates sulkiness in his withdrawal from frontline politics. Whatever the spin, Elisabeth and James Murdoch lag in the sibling rivalry stakes 2012-08-24T15:42:04Z Polly kissed her hot cheek as she spoke; and the other sat down where she was bade, with the half-obedient sulkiness of a naughty child. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Her room was in a state of the utmost disorder, and her French maid stood behind her with an expression of deep and embittered sulkiness. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Why do some people make themselves disagreeable in a community by their touchiness and sulkiness? One Day at a Time and Other Talks on Life and Religion 2012-03-31T02:00:20.873Z "Yes," she answered, and those near noticed the sulkiness. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z It was with much growling and sleepy sulkiness that Soapy Gaines crawled down from his seat in the Roadster while Pickton and Fred were opening camp equipage and making ready for the night. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z Did you not perceive his sulkiness, and the sparkle of some thought in his eye? Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z The sulkiness in his voice set her blood tingling. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z The aloofness and sulkiness of the aristocrats and landed proprietors he deeply deplored. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z “Well, I didn’t see the gemmun,” he answered, with a note of sulkiness underlying his tone. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z Mr. Fletcher, for instance, had been wont to declare that Bailey was his dullest pupil, and in continual possession of the demons of obstinacy and sulkiness. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z Oil-stoves with their sticky, oily outsides, and their mysterious moods of smoke and sulkiness, out of which only an expert could coax them! The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z Throwing aside her sulkiness, she commingles readily in conversation with all around her. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Jeanne's sulkiness vanished in the delight of her kind at having any inside information about a violent death or a scandal. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z And it said much for his character, that he accepted it without resentment, without the bitterness and sulkiness of injured pride. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z Her manner changes from bitter drollery to a lonely timidness and from timidness to something akin to sulkiness. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z This sulkiness annoys us more than anything else, but we also get very angry with him for being afraid of everything. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z On awaking, she remembers where she will have to go in course of the day; a sensation bordering on sulkiness almost unconsciously steals upon her, and as time passes it increases in intensity. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Our driver was an exception to the general rule, but sulkiness had more to do than inability with his apparent embarrassment. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z This address appears to have deeply wounded the Regent, and the expressions of stern rebuke he used in replying, coupled with a rude sulkiness of manner, were ungracious and unwarrantable. The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z It did seem ridiculous to be forced into a man's arms like that, and the humorous part of it was heightened, in her eyes, by his apparent sulkiness over the turn affairs had taken. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z He was a tall, dark, well-grown young fellow, who might have been handsome but for a look of gloomy sulkiness which made his face repulsive. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z She may take my word for it that the said sulkiness, which has some show of reason in it to-day, is in the habit of visiting her pretty face oftener than it is called for. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z It is true that this one acted queerly last night, and I have wondered about its temporary sulkiness a good deal. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z At this there was a transformation scene, the face of Mr. Cobbe changing like a flash from inane sulkiness to jubilant triumph. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z He had moods of sulkiness, and moods of maddening superiority. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z It must have been a thousand times a merrier matter than wedding state-dinners of the olden times, at which brides were wearied into suffering and sulkiness. Memoir of Queen Adelaide Consort of King William IV. 2011-02-07T03:00:25.780Z The opposing parties held their tongues, as Madame Oberl� held hers, or stood aside in silent sulkiness, like the grandfather. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z This did not however account for the fact that on the previous evening she had been present in the library when the same chimney had manifested a similar sulkiness. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z I expect I owe you that, for all my sulkiness. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z Elderkin felt her sulkiness, and it seemed to him as though, instead of helping to save her, she was possessed of an evil spirit bent on thwarting him. Beggars on Horseback He wavered between the severe talking to he had received from Victoria the previous afternoon and the sulkiness of his parents. A Bed of Roses Something that Connor had said about the pride and sulkiness of a child came back to Ruth. The Garden of Eden She laughed at his sulkiness, plying her paddle the faster, and soon reached the pebbly beach, where she sprang out, and drawing her canoe out of the water, swept her old nurse a curtsey. A Daughter of the Forest Shame, sulkiness, sullenness, peevishness, stubbornness, defiance, all go with wounded self-assertion under different conditions. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Laura said nothing; ashamed of her own sulkiness, she yet was not prepared to acknowledge it. The Princess Idleways A Fairy Story “Just as you please,” Davidge said, with a singularly boyish sulkiness, and wondered why Mamise laughed so mercilessly: “Of course I please.” The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards And it was with a touch of boyish sulkiness that he replied: "I don't think, really, that I can claim ideals." Tante Quite analogous to this is sulkiness that occasionally appears. Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type "You may read it yourself," returned Jaime, who, notwithstanding the intelligible hint to be tractable which he had already received, found it a hard matter to restrain his sulkiness. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 "He was a promoter, just as Jeffrey was," she insisted, with her pretty sulkiness. The Prisoner Avoid moods, and pets, and fits of sulkiness. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Beatrice, it is true, showed by degrees, a slight sulkiness. Tante The sulkiness cleared away from his brow, and he said, in an eager, hurried, half-shy, half-confidential way, “I say, do you like rabbits?” The School Queens “I was not thoughtless, mamma; forgive me for answering back,” said Phœbe, very meekly; and she showed no signs of sulkiness, though Clarence was carried off and kept from approaching her again. Phoebe, Junior And suddenly Violet had shown sulkiness and irritation. The Combined Maze His would-be sulkiness softened into a tender sense of injury. A Christmas Accident and Other Stories "Oh, Karen!" said Miss Scrotton, who, drying her eyes, had accepted Mrs. Forrester's consolations with a slight sulkiness, "she hasn't given a thought to Karen, I can assure you." Tante He has a most irascible temper, also, but, unlike the thrasher, he does not allow his ill-humor to degenerate into chronic sulkiness. Birds in the Bush She entered with an air of sulkiness that brought dread to Marjorie's heart. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore Take just one, the first that comes, impatience, sloth, gossip, uncharitableness, sulkiness, whatever it may be, and attack it bravely. Gold Dust A Collection of Golden Counsels for the Sanctification of Daily Life If Eileen wished to keep him she went the worst possible way about it, for she sulked, and sulkiness did not become her. Love of Brothers If they take an offence, it is more common for them to show it by the more quiet method of sulkiness; and this they now and then tried as a matter of experiment with us. Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage A mere reprimand would have been ample, and not caused any sulkiness among spirited men. A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. "I don't know whom you mean by horrid people, Mabel," answered Rorie, chilled back into sulkiness all at once; "the people I was with are all that is good and pleasant." Vixen, Volume I. ‘Then,’ with some sulkiness, ‘you won’t be content without beggaring me of my trumpery twenty-five hundred as soon as I am of age?’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster His sulkiness, his ferocity, was gone now; he was gentleness itself. The Creators A Comedy There will be no use in sulkiness, in laziness, in inattention. Girls of the Forest When the full stops are fashioned after the form of a comma and droop towards the right hand they indicate a tendency to sulkiness. The Detection of Forgery A Practical Handbook for the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents At that moment all the sulkiness and self-will were crushed out of his little heart. Captain Horace But the latter named was still absent, much to the disgust of everybody, and as his non-appearance was unexplained, it was naturally put down to sulkiness and lack of school patriotism. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 All that day she preserved an attitude of dignified sulkiness in spite of Kitty's frequent attempts to make it up. The Kitchen Cat and Other Stories "Oh, don't I?" the voice suggested something more than sulkiness. The Path to Honour "I suppose so," he replied, with a tinge of exceedingly boyish sulkiness. The Green Carnation In my sulkiness or open rebellion he found evidences to confirm his belief in the doctrine of innate evil; he seemed to rush singing into battle with the devil that was in me. David Malcolm All that day she preserved an attitude of dignified sulkiness in spite of Kitty’s frequent attempts to make it up. The Kitchen Cat, and other Tales This satisfied me, but, before I could reply, the Colonel again seized him by the throat and yelled: "None of your sulkiness; you d— white-livered hound, ask the gentleman's pardon like a man." Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time He looked at her brightly, no sign of shamefacedness or sulkiness on him, but would give no further explanation than that he "only wanted to peep in." Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa "I believe it was that Miss Page who started the Silverton Hall gang," differed Dulcie Vale, with a touch of sulkiness. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore Perhaps the worst form of ill-temper is sulkiness.—This is passion not dying out, but continuing to smoulder like the embers of a fire where there is no flame. Life and Conduct He ran off to sit On the top of the woodpile and pout; But a sly little grin Soon slid down his chin And let all the sulkiness out. The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes They said no more about Férouzat, but I soon saw exhibitions on every side of frivolous caprices, sudden fits of sulkiness, unexpected refusals, and so forth. French and Oriental Love in a Harem He bade me farewell with a coldness, and almost sulkiness, quite foreign to his usual demeanour, and infinitely pleasanter to my feelings. Kate Coventry An Autobiography Towards this hut Quintal, after gathering himself up, wended his way in a state of unenviable sulkiness. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers “If you will let me rise and stand before me in fair fight, I’ll do your business if not your bidding,” returned Wallace in a tone of what may be termed stern sulkiness. Hunted and Harried At all events, the increasing hullabaloo of the approaching Eskimo had the effect of intimidating the animal, for it retired quickly, though with evident sulkiness, from the scene. Red Rooney The Last of the Crew As she stood there regarding him quietly, with the thorough self-possession of her sex and her class, he reminded himself that there was no profit in a sulkiness of attitude. The Tyranny of Weakness The weather was execrable—fog that you might cut with an axe; and the Duke rode out "in a perfect sulkiness." Browning's Heroines All this is very sad; and if I say a word or two about sulkiness now, it will be in the hope of inducing my readers to give no encouragement to so ugly a vice. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life The smallest fault was chastised, every moment of her time had its allotted task, of which she had to give an account, not a single contradiction, not the slightest sulkiness was put up with. A Hungarian Nabob "I shall be so sorry if there is anything of sulkiness or resentfulness in Molly," she said to herself. Grandmother Dear A Book for Boys and Girls My troubled grandmother expostulated, questioned her, till she drew out the root of the cousin's sulkiness. The Promised Land From the first there was no sulkiness in the chief, nor did he exhibit any moroseness, or anything which indicated a spirit of revenge. The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen What I want to show is that even passion, bad as it is, is not so bad as sulkiness. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life Suppose for a moment you think through a list of the opposites of those nine characteristics—bitterness, envy, hate, low-spiritedness, sulkiness, chafing, fretting, worrying, short-suffering, quick-temper, hot-temper, high-spiritedness, unsteadiness, unreliability, lack of control of yourself. Quiet Talks on Power Long before the train came he lapsed into his natural blue sulkiness, remaining as quiet behind his auger hole as one ready for the grave. Trail's End There was an air of sulkiness about him which caused Mrs. Lessing enigmatically to say that Eunice was altogether too good to that young man. The Lovely Lady "Ship's bread," answered Jackson, with a note of sulkiness in his voice. The Honour of the Flag Troutina wept, groaned, shrieked, and then tried quiet sulkiness; but the king uttered not a word. The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew His sulkiness was breaking down and he was showing some agitation. The Eternal City Then, seeing that he was creating something of a scene, he relapsed into a would-be dignified sulkiness, finally said he would not go, and strutted away. The Dark Forest But the look of intense sulkiness the girl's face wore would have spoiled a far more beautiful countenance, and there were traces of sickness and trouble, all too visible. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel Originally this meant "haughty" or "arrogant," but by degrees came to have the idea of sulkiness and ungraciousness, much like churlish. Stories That Words Tell Us Tinker paid no heed to him, but chirrupped to Blazer, who came to him in a wondering sulkiness, and with many protesting growls suffered himself to be patted. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World The king's fit of sulkiness was over, but his mind was absorbingly occupied by a circumstance which raised him above the stormy disputes and the giddy pleasures of the court. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Facial expression ran to contorted features, holiness became moroseness, and sadness sulkiness. A Text-Book of the History of Painting The girl's eyes flew wider and hotter shame for her sulkiness stained her cheeks. Then I'll Come Back to You The undefinable expression of the lips, together with the weight of the brows and slumberous half-closed eyes, gives a look of sulkiness or voluptuousness to the whole face. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series She had not expected to find him, since the crash of Aunt Grizel's revelations, as fatuous as the day before yesterday; nor had she expected the boyish sulkiness of that day's earlier mood. Franklin Kane In this way, being a full-blooded fellow, he rather repeats the genial sulkiness of Dickens. The Victorian Age in Literature "Pitch a lady's luggage into the road, would you?" for this, you must know, was the reason of Bligh's sulkiness at starting. News from the Duchy Here the most common demonstration of temperament is sulkiness on a heavy damp day. If You're Going to Live in the Country Not only his face but his whole body looked the prey of an almost venomous sulkiness. Bella Donna A Novel At once his gay humor changed to sulkiness. The Title Market Augustin succumbed to her influence at once, and lost all his sulkiness. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891 It was as though it had waited till nightfall for its prey, and then departed, leaving a sense of sulkiness in the atmosphere that weighed persistently on the spirits. Sally Bishop A Romance "He's the earl's brother," replied Mr. Jones, relapsing into sulkiness. Elster's Folly But that only makes him offensive in his brief conviviality and morose in the long subsequent sulkiness. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent Giovanni was of a type to smile sweetly when most angry, or to assume an air of sulkiness when at heart he might be well content. The Title Market Well, I must say that your sulkiness is not to be envied. The Home in the Valley Few, indeed, were the recalcitrants who could resist Amber's smiles, or her still more seductive sulkiness. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes He forgot his sulkiness in an instant, and slapped his friend upon the back with a resounding blow. Mrs. Red Pepper In these last words, there was a certain tenderness that in a measure modified the expression of weariness or sulkiness which Marianne suggested. His Excellency the Minister He looked at her with something of fear and something of sulkiness. Married Life The True Romance So I fell into a mood that was partly the resignation of perplexity, partly a sulkiness with fate. Tell England A Study in a Generation This feeling increased almost to sulkiness when the Boy was invited to take a seat in the carriage beside the gloomy Baron, and accepted promptly. The Princess Passes It turns me from bright to black, from lightness of spirits to extreme sulkiness. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 This mental friction quickly appeared on the young man’s face, and his habitual expression of sulkiness which formerly belied him, now increased and more nearly reflected the reigning temperament of Blanchard’s mind. Children of the Mist If they take an offence, it is more common for them to show it by the more quiet method of sulkiness, and this they now and then tried as a matter of experiment with us. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 To drive back the tears I called to my aid all the callousness and sulkiness which I possess. Tell England A Study in a Generation It turns me from bright to black, from levity to extreme sulkiness. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales Willie nodded at Loveday with a trifle less of sulkiness in his manner, took a step forward and relapsed once more. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly Their silence seemed to anger Lopez, for he upbraided them for their sulkiness. Boy Scouts in Southern Waters "Oh, dear, yes, with no trouble at all," said the Minister, almost with sulkiness, as he threw himself into a chair and looked with distaste at the newspaper he had taken up. Lady Rose's Daughter I was stupefied: but soon stupefaction became anger; anger hardened into sulkiness; and, as more sinister feelings grew, sulkiness lost itself in guilty belief. Tell England A Study in a Generation Furthermore, he is rendered obstinate by a sulkiness occasionally incident to his temper and brought on at present by the inadequate sensation which he conceives to have been produced in the bosom of Mrs. Wakefield. Twice Told Tales A gloominess was settling over her; she was passing away amidst the same vexation and sulkiness as she had displayed in past days of jealous outbursts. A Love Episode He is scarcely ever impertinent now: when he is it is always in good-nature and never in sulkiness. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 As to the sulkiness, there could be no question on this particular morning--though, indeed, his ill-humor deserved a more positive and energetic name. Lady Rose's Daughter It must find expression in looks, in tone of voice, in sulkiness, in dumps, in nagging or in a voicing of its woes. Quit Your Worrying! His diplomatic advances and offers of local government were met with sheer sulkiness. The Long White Cloud Why was her laughter thus abruptly turned to sulkiness? A Love Episode I tried violence and sulkiness at first, thinking to frighten or worry her into compliance; but finding both fail, I was compelled to have recourse to humiliation and persuasion. The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence His most frequent mood was one of irritable rebellion, and in between he would have spells of sulkiness that estranged the teachers and surprised himself in his more wholesome moods. The Soul of a Child This was said so simply, and with such conviction-carrying certainty—that in spite of himself Lambert's sulkiness vanished. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk "Your house," interpolated Sam, a note of astonished query perceptible in his tone despite its sulkiness. North, South and over the Sea From past experiences, I knew that when Mother Graham made a sudden change from sulkiness to cheerfulness, she had some scheme under way. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon A few showed some sulkiness, but it all passed away after the first day, when they found that they were to be used kindly. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 ‘Well, I’m sorry for it,’ replied he, with more of sulkiness than contrition: ‘what more would you have?’ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall You will get the after-headaches, the complainings and grumblings, the silence and sulkiness, the weariness and lassitude and ill-temper that comes as such a relief after working hard all day at being pleasant! Evergreens He was in that state of highly respectful sulkiness which is peculiar to English servants. The Woman in White I was just childish and weak enough from my illness to be a trifle chagrined at being so left out, and I am afraid my chagrin amounted almost to sulkiness sometimes. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon Furthermore, he is rendered obstinate by a sulkiness occasionally incident to his temper, and brought on at present by the inadequate sensation which he conceives to have been produced in the bosom of Mrs. Wakefield. From Twice Told Tales I was just as proud as he was . . . pride and sulkiness make a very bad combination, Anne. Anne of Avonlea He took refuge in a silly, muttering sulkiness. The Shadow Line; a confession It exasperated him because it showed that she was not listening to anything he said, and yet, if he was silent, she reproached him for sulkiness. Of Human Bondage If I only could be sure that pique at an employee's failure to report to him was at the bottom of his sulkiness! Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon But there were pressing reasons why she should not wait for him to make the advances which he would in ordinary circumstances have made after his sulkiness had abated. The Loudwater Mystery "I shall have to try, I suppose," he replied, with a trace of his former sulkiness. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story His silence and sulkiness lasted till Clarence took his leave. Tales and Novels — Volume 03 "I don't know what else there is to do up here of a Sunday morning," he said, with a boyish sulkiness, as he began to lead the pony towards the stables opposite. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I This caused the woman to accuse her of sulkiness, at which the girl looked up with swollen eyes, full of tears. Fifteen Years with the Outcast During the last six or seven months, he has been seized with intolerable sulkiness at the slightest mention of the currency; for nothing vexes Time so much as to be refused cash upon the nail. Time's Portraiture (From: "The Doliver Romance and Other Pieces: Tales and Sketches") The children were waiting for her at the door, and when they saw that she was alone they took their soldi, though with a touch of sulkiness. Eleanor Now if everybody in Cattaraugus sulked off to read Plato, or to read 'The Three Guardsmen,' Cattaraugus would go to the dogs very fast, in its general sulkiness. How to Do It This was done; the Dowager entered in an extremity of sulkiness, and the Parson, on being pointed out, lowered his eyes and intensified his complexion. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes It is not vexation or anger, still less is it commonplace sulkiness, that utters itself in her features; it is rather bitter and crushing disappointment. Tales of Two Countries He spoke of your unfortunate call, but said you bore the sulkiness very well. Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis His sulkiness about the book had been odious, indefensible. Eleanor Francis Sales seemed to have exhausted his efforts, and at the door he said with a sort of sulkiness, 'I think you had better go up alone. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing But they did not for that desist from their little hostilities and sulkinesses; only there were no more familiarities between them; they were silent. Jean-Christophe, Volume I "That?" repeated the stripling, pausing, with a hesitation between sulkiness and doubt; "that?—" The Pilot Then they subsided into sulkiness, and at length, beginning to suspect that the fault might ultimately attach only to themselves, they got frightened, and held frequent consultations with pale visages and quivering lips. The Voyage of Captain Popanilla His ill-humour would all have passed away like a child's sulkiness, but that—Ah! well!—' Eleanor For he had been very kind; he had patiently let her look out for him; he had kept the fret of his heart off his tongue, and the sulkiness of his temper off his face. Life at High Tide Mr. Pen's former sulkiness disappeared with his better fortune: and he bloomed as the sun began to shine upon him. The History of Pendennis Jimmy, in the very rapture of sulkiness, refused to express pleasure or gratitude upon the presentation of a "hand" of ripe bananas. My Tropic Isle Its people are far more obliging than the average of Mexico and have little or none of the latter's sulkiness or half-insolence. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond He disliked the bees even more than he disliked Abel, who in his expansive mood was much less attractive than in his natural sulkiness. Gone to Earth You forgot all about your sulkiness half an hour ago, and, looking your master in the face, you say: "But nobody ever has dull moments in riding-school." In the Riding-School; Chats with Esmeralda Joe were pretty well liked here, though he had a bit o' his dad's sulkiness. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville It would be far more to the purpose if the fellows would help the fellow to see that his sulkiness is his worst barrier here. Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen She answered only with tears; unless, when at times driven into pettish sulkiness by the persecution of the interrogators, she made them abrupt and disrespectful answers. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Already Clarendon's pronounced inclination for peace had earned for him the ill-will which the Duke of York's habitual sulkiness of temper was so apt to indulge. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 "You always shut me up," he said, sulkily; and in his sulkiness he was more like himself than he had been for days. The Iron Woman Polly dropped her eyes and played with her fork for a minute; but sulkiness was not in her nature, and after a pause, she confessed. Half a Dozen Girls Its sulkiness and eccentricity and occasional indecency are just what one would expect from a Sub-Consciousness, whose thoughts have no central I to keep them in order. Without Prejudice Poor Sophy! she was living in a perpetual strife with the outward tokens of sulkiness, forcing herself against the grain to make civil answers, and pretend to be interested when she felt wretched and morose. The Young Step-Mother He fought at Worcester, but his arrogance prompted him to demand the generalship of the army, and he resented the King's refusal by boyish sulkiness. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 And, mark me, she must see no sulkiness, no airs of strangeness or intolerance, because I have managed a matter that concerns me chiefly, as seemed to me best. At Last At nearly forty he was just learning the drab sulkiness and churlishness and black jealousy of the lover…. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man Then they either quarrelled desperately about nothing, or they threw themselves on their rugs, pretending to sleep in very sulkiness. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 But a kind of sulkiness kept him away from her, so she thought he disliked her. Women in Love There were no more storms after this, and peace reigned in the tightly-crammed flat in the Lutzowstrasse, but it was peace which concealed a great deal of grumbling and sulkiness. The Malady of the Century It was necessary, therefore, to be cautious with the young empress, and, on account of her interesting situation, it was expedient to avoid the gloomy sulkiness of jealousy. Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon She felt quite wronged by this conduct, and bade him goodbye when he came to take his temporary leave of them, with an amount of sulkiness rather foreign to her character. Mr. Hogarth's Will The poor child, after going through all the states of mind endured by those who suffer under unmerited disgrace—revolt, indignation, sulkiness, silent obstinacy—felt unable to bear it longer. Jacqueline — Complete The poor child, after going through all the states of mind endured by those who suffer under unmerited disgrace—revolt, indignation, sulkiness, silent obstinacy— felt unable to bear it longer. Jacqueline — Volume 1 He forgot all his anger and sulkiness, sent many of his braves to be present at the wedding, and swore to be the friend and brother of the Pale-faces forever more. This Country of Ours His sulkiness of tone, for some reason, gratified her. Missy "Do you call this simple?" says Frere, who in the general joy had shaken off a portion of his sulkiness. For the Term of His Natural Life There was no use in sulkiness; we laughed as at some huge jest, and bent to the task with a will that sent our canoe well in advance of its mate. To Have and to Hold If he persecuted the Tories, their sulkiness would infallibly be turned into fury. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 If Nastasya brought me anything, I ate it, if she didn't, I went all day without; I wouldn't ask, on purpose, from sulkiness! Crime and Punishment During the remainder of their stay at the ford Missy was preoccupied with this new revelation of herself and with a furtive study of Raymond whose continued sulkiness was the cause of it. Missy But there is also a passing allusion to her father's state of mind, to his mingled irritation and sulkiness, which partly explains things. Our Village "The slightest suggestion of sulkiness, the first intimation that they are not enjoying themselves, will mean cod liver oil in a tablespoon, Veronica." They and I "It is plainly enough to be seen, methinks," answered the Count, with a kind of sulkiness that often appeared in him, as one of the little symptoms of inward trouble. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni There was not a touch of sulkiness in it, for the child's temper was as clear as a bell. The Day's Work - Part 01 After sixty-seven years of it, he has flung his big burdens,—English crowns, Hanoverian crownlets, sulkinesses, indignations, lean women and fat, and earthly contradictions and confusions,—fairly off him; and lies there. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 06 My conceit and sulkiness died in that storm, as did many another thing. Painted Windows She broke through the shell of his shyness to find out that his diffidence was not sulkiness nor his independence impudence. The Vision Splendid That meanest of all vices, the vice of sulkiness, had no existence in her nature. The Black Robe He tends to sulkiness, which he is rapidly outgrowing. The Art of Lawn Tennis She was born the merriest of maids, but, being a student of her face, learned anon that sulkiness best becomes it, and so she has struggled and prevailed. The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens To me the braves taken in the last raid were remarkable mainly for economy of apparel and sulkiness of demeanor. Last of the Great Scouts : the life story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill" as told by his sister With young children sulkiness is shown by pouting, or, as it is sometimes called, "making a snout." The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals "Fancied he might be sweet on the missus, that's all," explained the girl, adding with an appearance of sulkiness: "How you do take one up!" Secret Adversary "There's been a kind of sulkiness—But—you told him?" The New Machiavelli We thus see that the protrusion of the lips, especially with young children, is characteristic of sulkiness throughout the greater part of the world. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals |
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