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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

“They knew how to make a martini that could taste like green apple but didn’t use some synthetic, chemical green apple pucker liqueur,” he says.

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025

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

She is middle-aged, with eyes that droop at the edges and a mouth held in a pucker.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Fattoush is one of the bright, simple joys of summer: Tomatoes spill sunshine, pita shards and cucumbers take turns showing off their snap, sumac puckers, and mint and parsley cool, often, in a single bite.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2022

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

But now, with most of the rivers cut into pieces and lakes left as grey sludge puckers on the landscape, my own history seemed like a myth along the lines of dragons.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

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

He puckered his lips and blew, as if spitting spitting water while laughing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

A few days later, Van Gaal puckered up.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2022

They were marveling at the baby’s light hair, at her pink cheeks and puckered, rosebud lips, at the slits of jade green eyes moving behind her puffy lids.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

"We had particular difficulties with hard sounds like 'B' and with sounds involving lip puckering, such as 'W'. But these abilities will likely improve with time and practice," Lipson said.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2025

“They’re the Sour Patch Kids of chips,” said one puckering colleague.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022

The building — which soars some 15 stories — sits surrounded by a chain-link fence, with broken windows puckering its elongated, and rusted, rooftop cupola.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2022

It was no different than the puckering smallpox marks or old surgical scars I found on other bodies.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros