How to Use pouty in a Sentence

pouty

adjective
  • This is a grumpy, pouty, dreary team right now.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
  • There are easy, non-scarring ways to get the pouty look without the risk.
    — Elizabeth Denton, Seventeen, 20 Apr. 2015
  • My cupid’s bow is pronounced, and my lower lip is big and pouty.
    — Lilah Sturges, Teen Vogue, 28 Mar. 2018
  • My lips were pouty, plump and red, and my hair was swept into an elegant chignon.
    — Mary Novaria, chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2017
  • In the center of the lower lip, blend it before adding gloss to give your lips a pouty look.
    — Deanna Pai, Redbook, 19 May 2017
  • In the sweet snap, the infant gave a serious but pouty look at the camera.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Her older sister Brielle, 20, also sports long, blonde locks and pouty lips.
    — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Kim put the heart filter on Chi, who was bopping around and making adorable faces and pouty lips at the camera.
    — Isabel Greenberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 July 2018
  • Kelly was reacquired exactly three years to the day of the pouty face incident.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • With her big eyes, long straight nose and pouty mouth, Wu looks nothing like the shy teen seen in old family photos.
    — Julie Zaugg, Cnn | Stella Ko, Cnn, Natalie Leung, CNN, 3 Mar. 2020
  • There are a million ways this plan could go south, but Kevin is defenseless against Betty’s cute pouty face.
    — Teen Vogue, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Kelly made a pouty face at Correa, who started walking toward the Dodger dugout.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Other models may fill their feeds with pouty selfies, but few can make a post matching fuchsia track pants to their skateboard deck feel funky rather than forced.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2018
  • And like Bowie, Jagger, by virtue of his big blue eyes, hallowed cheekbones, and pouty lips, had a great face for makeup.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 26 July 2019
  • Because even hearing Sessions’s name is enough to spark a pouty hissy fit from the 71-year-old president.
    — Adam K. Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, 6 June 2018
  • Her songs layered pouty vocals over bland hip-hop beats and movie-melodrama strings; the lyrics were all stars, stripes and James Dean.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 30 Aug. 2019
  • There’s no tackiness or flakiness and this particular shade for me, just makes my lips look and feel so pouty and glossy — with a shine that lasts.
    — Stixx Mathews, Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The formula gets bonus points for not feeling sticky, not traveling or feathering, and smoothing out lip lines for a plump, pouty effect.
    — Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Trump is arrogant, pouty, conceited, controlling, spoiled and a bully.
    — Kansascity, kansascity.com, 9 May 2017
  • Prince George stole the show at his Aunt Pippa's wedding last year as a particularly pouty page boy.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 16 May 2018
  • Her recent albums have come off as glitchy satires of club music, in which her pouty croon became a silvery, cybernetic instrument.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 19 May 2020
  • In Riviera romance and cult thriller La Piscine, swathed in Courréges swimwear, her cheeks are rosy and her lips are lush and pouty.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2025
  • This is Martha before the magazine and the product lines, before the Snoop Dogg friendship and the pouty lips.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
  • But at least Maria can enjoy some acrobatic lovemaking with him in between his pouty protestations.
    — Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 7 May 2020
  • With those large Phylicia Rashad-like eyes and pouty lips, the comedian is cute even dressed as Steve Harvey.
    — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Given Prince George's propensity for pouty faces, Kate may need to be on-hand to offer some inspiration.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 17 May 2018
  • Simpson then snaps a selfie with Maxwell and son Ace, 9, where the musician and her son smile while Maxwell makes a pouty face.
    — Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2023
  • This is a look that’s equal parts polished and edgy, so go all-out with a full leather ensemble, wearing leather pants or thigh-high leather boots with a Parisian signature—a pouty red lip.
    — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Sequins and blingy jewelry, supernova heels and pouty lips made their way into the Bolshoi’s gold and red interior.
    — Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2017
  • Creamy and incredibly pigmented, BareMinerals' new lipstick range makes lips look full and pouty thanks to the high shine — but not glossy — finish.
    — Allure Editors, Allure, 1 May 2017

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