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dimpled

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verb

past tense of dimple

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dimpled
Adjective
Her legacy shines through in every quip and dimpled smile, a reminder of a star who owned every room. Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dimpled
Adjective
  • It was cut in eight slices, each with one flat piece of pepperoni and and one cupped piece.
    Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Images from the scene showed the front part of the top deck of the bus smashed in and its metal frame badly dented, as first responders cordoned off the area.
    Lizbeth Diaz, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • However, sharp spending cuts have angered many, while corruption allegations against senior officials have dented his party’s odds ahead of next month’s vote, which could determine the future of Milei’s presidency.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • BepiColumbo conducted a close flyby of Mercury in January, taking some spectacular images of its pockmarked surface.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Within a year, Forest had been relegated and Clough — visibly unwell, face reddened and pockmarked — had been ushered into retirement, aged 58.
    Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Ronny curled into the passenger seat and switched the track to a rolling-bass beat from Future.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The white beard, the twinkling eyes behind round spectacles, the mustache curled with wax at its ends are all real, all his.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The cavernous convention center served as a temporary shelter for thousands of displaced residents.
    Mandi Wright, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • This fall, plenty of beloved local and international chefs, plus notable restaurant groups and restaurateurs will be making their mark across Manhattan with new concepts spanning from small date night sushi spots to cavernous, creative Mexican group dining destinations.
    Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The skunk with distemper is stuck in the window well again, chewing incessantly on the garden hose that is coiled up in there.
    Miriam Toews September 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Inside each 13-centimeter-long rectangular 8-track cartridge is a loop of almost 1 cm-wide magnetic tape that is coiled around a circular reel, as explained in an EverPresent blog post on the technology.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The carbon-containing alveolar macrophages in COPD patients’ lungs were also larger than macrophages without visible carbon, the study found.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025
  • The alveolar bone is the specialized bone in the jaw that surrounds and supports the roots of the teeth.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • Taking on classic buddy-comedy attributes, Sam is the together one with a programmatic path toward life as a wealthy but hollow finance twerp, while Ari is the brash, cracked, less-medicated-than-he-should-be bull in a china shop.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
  • For anyone who haven’t heard about NuPhy’s GhostBar, this is how the company’s designers stop the larger keys from rattling and sounding cheap and hollow.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Dimpled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimpled. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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