puckered
Example Sentences
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In fact a laundry list of laundry terms could apply: folded, pressed, softened, agitated, pleated, creased, puckered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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
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
He puckered his lips and blew, as if spitting spitting water while laughing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
They had to be very puckered, Russell agreed.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
