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

Jorge and David throw a miniature football back and forth across the room, and Dario climbs on his desk and starts dancing, flipping his hair, and pouting his lips.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez