pimply

Example Sentences

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One pimply teenage boy named Oscar explained he didn’t have the resources to pay for a lawyer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025

And so I started adolescence with the wrong bras, pimply and hairy, standing for hours in the drugstore trying to figure out what I could buy in order to fix myself.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2021

For an adolescent, gossip was about currying favor, remaining on the inside of a group as a pimply teen terrified of being pushed outside.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2021

Speaking of which, when the I visit the Golden Arches, I want to look a pimply teenager in the eye as I order my quarter pounder with cheese — the food tastes better.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2018

An admittedly short though pleasant-looking young man against a scrawny, pimply, 4-F boy with circles under his eyes like a hungry wolf.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides