pout
verb (used without object)
to thrust out the lips, especially in displeasure or sullenness.
had pouted
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past perfectof pout.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Roseta, who had pouted in disdain at every suggestion thus far, finally came out with her own proposal.
From Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore by Arthur Livingston
When she had heard that she had been placed next Donnington, Bubbles had pouted.
From From out the Vasty Deep by Marie Belloc Lowndes
“But I don’t want to be a butterfly,” Patty had pouted.
From Patty's Success by Carolyn Wells
"What's the good of him all that way off," had pouted my mother; "I want him here where I can get at him."
From Paul Kelver, a Novel by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Beatrix, who had pouted sufficiently, her little brother being now gone to bed, was for taking her place on Esmond’s knee.
From The Literary World Seventh Reader by John Calvin Metcalf
