crease

Example Sentences

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A bottle cap or crease in a potato chip bag is fair game.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

Samson's batting is built on precise footwork, balance at the crease and timing.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Devon Toews was standing directly in front of the crease, mere feet away from scoring the goal that would dash the Americans’ dreams of winning their first gold medal in 46 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

It’s a cyst at the base of the tailbone or top of the butt crease.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2026

He shifts his small body carefully so as not to crease his Sunday clothes.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat