pouting

Example Sentences

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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

They looked like pouting kids on the playground—not the CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic, two of the hottest names in the AI scene.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 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

Here he was just pouring honor all over her; building a high chair for her to sit in and overlook the world and she here pouting over it!

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston