pucker

Depending on how much you add, you might even get a delectable little Oh, what is that? pucker at the end of each bite.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

He avoids kissing for 24 hours before a performance and 48 hours before a competition because it makes it difficult to sustain a pucker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

Mattel should have considered traditional pucker toe moccasins, instead of black shoes, and included symbols on the basket that Cherokees use to tell a story, she said.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

In other words, this complex dance between art, anatomy, and archaeology can bring the past almost to life—one eyelash, pucker, and pore at a time.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 23, 2023

I laugh at the expression on Caleb’s face, his mouth drawn into a slight pucker and his eyes wide.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

The building alternately puckers and swells, like the indolent flexing of a muscle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The crunchy onion gives a little sweetness while the pickle puckers in the most pleasing way to cut through all that heat.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2022

As my forehead sadly puckers, I will play them all for suckers, Yes, I'll con the rubes in Maine.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2021

He looks sidewise at the correctional officers, and when he is sure they aren’t looking, he puckers his lips to fit them through the iron grid separating him from her, and they kiss.

From The Verge ● Mar. 13, 2019

She pictured her mother finishing them with lovely, soft toe puckers so the girls’ feet could twitch and dance.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

Some people love the sound of songs blown through puckered lips, or at least appreciate the effort.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

Hashtags such as #sunburntanlines, #sunpoisoning and #sunstroke are popping up alongside videos of young men and women - some in tears - revealing deep red, almost purple, often puckered skin.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025

It’s puckered with what looks like bright red mouths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2023

Nandina domestica ‘Firepower’ is a compact form of heavenly bamboo that forms a mounded 2-by-2-foot tuffet of slightly puckered evergreen foliage.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2022

Kyle bounded up the marble steps and entered the lobby, where the statue of Mr. Lemoncello—with his head tilted back and water spewing out of his puckered fish lips—was gurgling away again.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

Astringency is the dry, puckering, rough, or sandpapery feeling people notice when eating foods rich in certain plant compounds called polyphenols.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2026

Nobel’s Super Lemon Sour Candy will surely have your mouth watering and puckering.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2025

In fact, she’s so dedicated to that social critique that she can’t accept any contradictory evidence, even when gorgeous male celebrity lips are puckering up right in front of her.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2023

The espresso can be sipped, unsweetened, without puckering or grimacing.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2022

Her lips stop puckering, just for a few seconds.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth