- present participle of pout.
pouting
Example Sentences
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If you do, urge your followers to do the same instead of them pouting and sitting out the mayor’s race.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 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
If she’d decided to stay but still refused to be his wife, maybe he was pouting.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
