dimple
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He has the same nose and the same dimple that Robert and Noah share.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Mary noticed a breast dimple in early 2023.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
"That is a pimple on a dimple on an ant's left cheek compared to what we need in the world," Banga said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2023
Chances are, the photos will show the waves in his dark hair and the dimple that emerges when he smiles.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
If you ask me, its people’s imperfections that give them character—a nose slightly off center or a dimple or one ear slightly higher than the other.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
The hair got less curly, the dimples less squishy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Lorna described Chelsea's "big smile and dimples" and her "infectious laugh"
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Much later, Leffler found a tattoo artist with dimples like her daughter’s and a studio painted Ruby’s favorite shade of pink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Shaped like the human form and available in four body types, CTOAN’s designs feature rolls and butt dimples, top surgery scars, and stretch marks.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
Back when he was young with a face full of dimples and danced the Watusi even when that dance had been long out of style.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
“Well, everybody needs a passport,” responded a middle-aged woman with thick-rimmed glasses and dimpled cheeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
A bow-tied waiter appeared out of nowhere, his dark hair smoothed back to reveal soft brown eyes and an easy, dimpled smile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
Mr. Close, soft-spoken and warm with a dimpled smile, was raised in Collyweston, with family roots that go back 400 years here.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2024
The atoms in the sheet are made of repeating units consisting of two tungsten atoms to every carbon atom, which are arranged metaphorically like the dimpled surface of an egg carton.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2024
From where the sleeves ended, her soft arm-flesh swelled and dropped over her dimpled elbows in a sumptuous bulge.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Unlike many other breast cancers, she said symptoms could include itching, tingling, pulling sensations, dimpling or changes to the skin rather than a distinct lump.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
When he looked under a microscope, he saw small suckers dimpling the rock.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
After setting the bread in your pan and dimpling your dough, drizzle the infused olive oil on top before baking.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2021
In the bowels of the jet, technicians have to remove multiple specialty fasteners on both sides of the inner fuselage skin, then install newly produced “shims” that fill out gaps and remove the structural dimpling.
From Reuters ● Feb. 25, 2021
Archer blinked at her, and the corners of his mouth turned upward, dimpling the skin of his cheek.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
