pouty
Example Sentences
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A pouty, teenage bride-to-be is the humorous focus of “Before the Wedding.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Bondi’s tired put-downs were so bad that “Saturday Night Live” parodied them over the weekend, with guest host Amy Poehler playing the pouty attorney general.
From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025
Drollinger, who was appointed in May 2023, dons a big blond bouffant wig, expressive eyes and pouty lips.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024
In this one, he swapped out “Jewish communities” from the initial poster’s tweet and swapped in one specific Jewish organization, the Anti-Defamation League, that has previously made him pouty.
From Slate • Nov. 17, 2023
I couldn’t see anything but a little, pouty, sort of pretty face gleaming with perspiration.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
