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Recent Examples of dimpled
Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
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
Adjective
Is it meant to suggest something about focaccia’s typically dimpled surface, in which case … kinda rude?
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
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
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They’re finished with deep cupped footbeds and come in six colors.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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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
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Her candor hasn’t been dented—this is a woman who clearly feels and cares deeply about the world.—
Helen Mirren,
Glamour,
27 Oct. 2025
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Officers described the shrapnel that dented the patrol car as being two inches by a half-inch.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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BepiColumbo conducted a close flyby of Mercury in January, taking some spectacular images of its pockmarked surface.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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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
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No trail, just rock after rock, a phantom rattlesnake curled in every crevice.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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After a flurry of Mahtomedi early second-half chances, senior Oona Lienke used her defender as a shield and curled a shot towards the bottom corner.—
Andrew Cornelius,
Twin Cities,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Visitors who travel down a dirt road to The Hollow — named for the hollow-core concrete that made Mellor wealthy — can enter the compound through a dark, cavernous passage lined with neon signs illuminating maxims from the likes of Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and Flynn.—
Arthur Allen,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Several analysts noted a strong debate performance from Sliwa, but not strong enough to make up his cavernous polling deficit.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Enormous ventilation pipes were coiled like snakes on the roof of the building.—
Ingfei Chen,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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Anyway, because of the *slightly* complex situation with the aneurysm (nothing bad, just not typical), it wasn’t coiled that weekend.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The smallest, what are called ultrafine particles, even slip through the alveolar capillary barrier itself, crossing into the bloodstream, and from there travel throughout the body, including to the heart, the brain, and the kidneys to initiate even more destruction and disease (see below).—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Police further alleged that Neff had hollow-point ammunition when the accident occurred.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Guadagnino, in interviews since the film’s debut at the Venice Film Festival, in August, has waved off critiques that the film is hollow.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Dimpled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimpled. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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