dimple 1 of 2

noun

Definition of dimplenext
as in pocket

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dimple

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verb

as in to dent

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Recent Examples of dimple
Noun
He's described as being cute, with chin-length dark hair, dimples and a diamond stud in one ear. — Jennifer McClellan, USA Today, 17 May 2026 Using your fingertips, make small dimples in dough, gently stretching and pushing toward edges to cover bottom of pan. — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
Verb
The new extension was designed to echo the district’s iconic machiya, wooden townhouses, and features dimpled naguri floors, bamboo screens, zelkova, chestnut and cherry wood touches. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2026 The snowbanks by the entryway are dimpled by an assortment of kitten heels. — Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dimple
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dimple
  1. pocket
  2. dent
  3. cleft
  4. curl
  5. impression
  6. coil
  7. gouge
  8. spiral
Noun
  • These songs are very evidently arranged, with ticklish, left-field grooves and tight pockets—never too tight for the persistent, puckish charm, the elbow-nudging glee.
    — Samuel Hyland, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Koppie reported raising exactly enough to cover his campaign’s expenses of less than $3,000 from July through September, most of it out of his own pocket.
    — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of pocket
Verb
  • The recent run-up in rates has dented municipal bond prices, leaving one corner of the market offering especially attractive tax-free income.
    — Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The group continues to see healthy prospects for jewelry, even though comparable growth in the division decelerated to 11 percent in the third quarter from 18 percent in the prior three months, as the slowdown in China dented sales at Qeelin.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of dent
Noun
  • That is the cleft between the subjective and the objective, the finite and the infinite, the profane and the sacred.
    — Steven D. Reske, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Wootten was born cleft-affected and with other craniofacial differences and started undergoing surgeries to correct those differences at just four months old.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of cleft
Verb
  • The top layers were pulled back and away from her face, then pinned behind her ears to show off major diamond earrings, and the lengths were loosely curled.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Ten seconds into the game, Gray curled off the right wing and took a pass from teammate Jordin Canada at the top of the key.
    — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of curl
Noun
  • The video posted on the university’s official social media accounts asked students to do an impression of McAfee.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In the dining nook below, designed by Goesling Group, the minimal fixture makes a major impression.
    — Amanda Sims, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of impression
Verb
  • The researchers found a population deep in a Japanese mountain valley where left- and right-coiling snails can mate and exchange genes.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Even after this week's Houthi attack on a Saudi Aramco facility, WTI is coiled in a tight triangle between falling resistance in the low 100s and rising support near 90.
    — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of coil
Noun
  • Won’t that allow brokers to buy up thousands of tickets and price-gouge?
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The crash immediately affected the boat and resulted in a 174-foot gouge, per Britannica.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Definition of gouge
Verb
  • That’s the highest band measured by Bank of America Institute’s Taylor Bowley and Jon Kaplan in their recent survey of spiraling childcare costs.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Those challenges are also piling on top of cost-of-living issues that were already spiraling, especially relating to things like home heating oil, on which Maine depends more than any other state.
    — Megan Cassella, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of spiral

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