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dimpled

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verb

past tense of dimple

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dimpled
Verb
  • The old woman, though, stares at the screen, the shadow of a smile curled into her lips and a frown barely creasing her forehead.
    Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The ball curled through the proverbial eye of a needle, between Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez, and behind Alexis Mac Allister, who was forced to spin on his heels.
    Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Girls trying to learn to negotiate the world, repressive institutions in cavernous spaces and obscurely malevolent authority figures, all suffused in an atmosphere of menace, are her recurring motifs.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Taking over the cavernous two-story former Habitat store on Place de la République, the Run space will also host a retail pop-up that will be open to the public.
    Rhonda Richford, WWD, 12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But in fact these dental alveolar syndesmoses (technical speak for the tiny ligamentous joint between the tooth and jaw socket) move all the time.
    Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Getting a tooth pulled carries a risk of experiencing a dry socket, also known as alveolar osteitis.
    Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 19 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • To start, pick up any waste in your yard that may be attracting birds, such as old tires or hollow fence posts that birds may want to nest in.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2025
  • These aren’t just hollow stock characters that exist to dote on the player, but living and breathing pieces of the Living Lands.
    Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The flame thrower weighed 72 pounds with two fuel tanks and a center tank for compressed nitrogen.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Feb. 2025
  • The device is mounted on their car and uses compressed air to fire a tracker that sticks to the vehicle in front of them.
    Jason Ogaard, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Police are looking for a kick-scooter-riding duo who shot and wounded a man in Brooklyn a couple of months ago.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025
  • It’s anchored by an actress, Marion Cotillard, who has one of the great faces, and a classical sophistication with a glamorous, out-of-reach noirish beauty that pairs wonderfully with a creature cut out of Hans Christian Andersen: amorous, elusive, but wounded.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • While raising a family, Grimes enrolled at the University of Central Missouri.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Mom immediately enrolled us in gun safety classes – can't imagine why!
    James F. Hales Remembering Rogers, arkansasonline.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Dimpled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimpled. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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