pout
verb (used without object)
to thrust out the lips, especially in displeasure or sullenness.
were pouting
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past progressiveof pout.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Your two lips lengthen as if you were pouting; so that, if you wish to make a grimace at anybody, and to laugh at him, you have only to u him.
From The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman by Molière
Her lips were pouting sweetly, her face was flushed with dreams, one plump little arm was outside the covers, and just below the doubled fist McGill saw the deep dimpled bracelet of babyhood.
From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Rex Ellingwood Beach
We suspect they were pouting to show their annoyance at having their Sabbath rest disturbed.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 by Various
These and Horace's infantry at once charged the Spaniards, who were pouting out from the sand hills near to the beach, and drove them back.
From By England's Aid or the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
