Which preposition to use with sulking

in Occurrences 15%

"Even as good a soldier as Achilles sulked in his tent, you know.

for Occurrences 8%

I should have sulked for a week.

after Occurrences 3%

It was decent of the young rascal not to sulk after it, though he wasn't altogether sure that he approved of the light fashion with which Piers had elected to treat the whole episode.

on Occurrences 3%

[Seats herself sulking on the tachta.

at Occurrences 2%

Arthur Weldon sulked at home, unhappy and undecided, for a day or two after the reception.

for Occurrences 2%

The cavaliers, who had been sulking for years under the mild rule of the commonwealth, threw up their hats and cheered from Flower de Hundred to the capes on the ocean, as only a victorious political party can cheer.

in Occurrences 2%

Its nearest relative, the cricket of the sea, a dull and heavy animal, was sulking in the corners covered with mire and with sea weed, in an immovability that made it easily confounded with the stones.

over Occurrences 2%

' Lancelot stood still, sulking over many thoughts.

by Occurrences 2%

During the rest of that day Martin sulked by himself behind a great tussock of grass, refusing to eat with the others, and when one of the women went to him and offered him a piece of meat he struck it vindictively out of her hand.

about Occurrences 1%

" Jetson sulked about.

of Occurrences 1%

Mea had sent a proposal of peace to Elvira through Loneli, for she hated the constant sulking of her friend and the unpleasant new manner she exhibited in turning her back upon her.

before Occurrences 1%

Then back to our posada, where in our room Jack and I were mighty merry in putting on our new clothes; but going below we find Moll still dressed in her finery, and sulking before the petticoat and jacket we had bought for her, which she would not put on by any persuasion until her father fell into a passion of anger.

beside Occurrences 1%

And then a brief paragraph in the newspaper, and one more ruined young man, sulking beside the family-hearthstone, his father's shame, his mother's unextinguishable sorrow,a candidate for crime, if he have power of mind and spirit to feel, or an imbecile dependant, if he have not.

outside Occurrences 1%

Look at the Elder Brother, moral, hard-working, patient, dutifullet him get all credit for his virtueslook at this man, this baby, sulking outside his own father's door.

under Occurrences 1%

Ah, it was delicious to have the great oaf sitting sulking under my fingers, longing to knock my head off, and I plastering away, with words of deepest astonishment and condolence.

with Occurrences 1%

If water any way foul be offered him, he will not drink it, but sulk with his food, and pine, and you all the while wondering the reason why.

at Occurrences 1%

"He might be sulking at just the time when we need him this afternoon.

before Occurrences 1%

" The puerility of these productions, as well as of his conduct, a sulking before his captors, and the decline of his physical energy, once a bottomless well, all point to the same conclusion.

like Occurrences 1%

Where before he had seemed to himself to be acting with massive dignity, he now saw that he had simply been sulking like some wretched kid.

Which preposition to use with  sulking