pout
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Lady Beckham's pout became her defining look in the 1990s.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025
Yes, the heart-shaped lips and resting pout do some heavy lifting to pull off the baseball-loving mama’s boy, but Butler’s authenticity is irrefutable.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2025
Never once did he drag or pout or complain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2024
But Balcer refused to fold or let the fan base pout.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
His mouth was set in a slight pout.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
The love interest in Sara Jafari's "The Mismatch" is a British lad with all the embarrassment that entails; wearing running shorts in the winter, posting shirtless selfies where he pouts at the camera.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 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
She pouts a little because she thinks I’m not committed to the new dynamic.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2021
She shoves his shoulder and pouts, her lips a brilliant shade of coral.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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
Laleh pouted, stretching her complaint out until it snapped.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
And yet the pouting Pratt pulled more than 200,000 votes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
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
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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