pout
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It can be programmed to pout and cry but never to feel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Her lips, coated in a nude lipstick, are pursed just enough to achieve the perfect pout.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
"I can see shadow of where its migrated.. I always joke with my friends when you see it - it's like Homer Simpson, like I've got a Homer Simpson pout."
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
But Balcer refused to fold or let the fan base pout.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
And I knew JP was going to pout like this for the rest of the year—maybe the rest of high school entirely.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
“It’s so hard being a woman in 1973,” she pouts, still sprawled.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2023
"I can't endure the sound of laughter before noon," she pouts perfectly.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2022
He’s also freaked out when I want to go on a bike ride or to take a walk on the beach by myself, or even gets mad or pouts when I haven’t made dinner yet.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2020
Avery pouts at the selection but Jenny reminds her, “‘My Little Pony’ is for weekends and vacations.”
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2020
Her father often indulged her, giving in to what she wanted, but this time he ignored her pouts, her deliberate silences at the dinner table.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
According to NBC News, he whined "no one is defending me" and pouted over the fact that there wasn't a big crowd of protesters outside.
From Salon ● May 10, 2024
So James Harden whined and insulted and pouted and basically quit his way from Philadelphia to the Clippers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
I bought her a gift like I did Lana and Sophie, but once I gave Lana the gift card, she whined and pouted.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2023
So I responded as a typical teenager: I pouted, with my arms crossed, stubbornly refusing to enjoy it.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
“Well . . .” Joe pouted, “I still ain’t gonna be no president.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
With the bases loaded, I was still pouting when the batter drilled the ball deep to right.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Firstly, while you are standing there pouting, our opponents are racing to their basket with a five-on-four advantage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
I had snapped a photo earlier in which he appeared to be pouting.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026
In Silicon Valley, you have the Elon Musk and Peter Thiel breed, who have made billions of dollars yet spend most of their time pouting because middle class journalists on Twitter think they're dumb.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2024
At first, whenever Pia'd skate back and forth across the parking lot outside the salon, Marcus, who was always pouting while sweeping up the hair inside the salon, would come out with her.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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