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
I ran upstairs and stuck the postcard to my bulletin board, Miles’s face looking out with a deep crease in his forehead above his nose.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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