Converse of object

• look: When it was light I peeped through the portholes and saw Belfast's dull wharves and warehouses looking sulky in the gray morning mist.

• get: If I mention getting someone in to do these jobs he gets all sulky and hurt, so it's not worth it.

Modifies a noun

• silence: Suspicious looks, sulky silences, or sharp speeches had become the order of the day.

• teenager: Instead she just acted like a rather sulky teenager, whose boyfriend had deserted her.

• tone: So of course Nobody walks slower than you. ' ' I do my best, ' the Messenger said in a sulky tone.

• adolescent: The last time I'd been to that park was as a sulky adolescent on the number five bus.

• dog: Heaven forbid anyone should see him as a sulky dog in the manger over pensions.

• mood: When I spot him he gets up and almost in a sulky mood walks away to another spot to try again.

Modifying Another Word

• very: He is very sulky about a caricature in the Evening Standard.

• rather: Instead she just acted like a rather sulky teenager, whose boyfriend had deserted her.

Used with adjective complement

• look: Anyway, glad to know I wasn't imagining it - he did look very sulky.

• get: We're serious about this and will get very sulky with anyone entering more than once.