pout
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Sophomore pitcher Kaylynn Lowman gave up two home runs to Murrieta Mesa in the first inning but didn’t pout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
Lady Beckham's pout became her defining look in the 1990s.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025
Her lips, coated in a nude lipstick, are pursed just enough to achieve the perfect pout.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
Now, scientists have trained a facial robot to anticipate and mirror human expressions, allowing it to produce a simultaneous smile—or frown, or pout.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 29, 2024
Olanna disliked the petulant pout on her mother’s face, the way her mother lowered her voice as if doing so would exclude Odenigbo.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"I can't endure the sound of laughter before noon," she pouts perfectly.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2022
Frantic and wildly overstuffed — with characters, locations, pretty pouts and greatest hits — the image that kept coming to mind was of an exploding piñata.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2022
“They’re gonna like you for who you are, not what you wear,” Disick says in a scene shot in a changing room as Kim pouts into a mirror.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
So picture the angel who gave them the hook, Enduring their protests and pouts.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2021
He gives her a scathing look, and she pouts.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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
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
As the studio audience erupted in applause, the former “American Idol” winner pouted her lips, grabbed a tissue and wiped her eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 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
The look worked, because after that they just looked at him and pouted in mock disappointment.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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
Mrs. Lonogan pushed her Persian, Fabian, around in a baby carriage, Rus enthusiastically licking the poor cat’s pouting face.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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