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dimple

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verb

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Recent Examples of dimple
Noun
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 But according to Einstein’s general theory of relativity, gravity is actually a bending of spacetime, like a dimple in a sheet. Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
Here and there, barely submerged rocks cause the water to dimple and roil. Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dimple
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dimple
Noun
  • One SpaceX buyer has been eyeing a $32-million pocket listing of his in tony Brentwood for months while waiting for the IPO, according to real estate broker Cory Weiss of Douglas Elliman.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • Suns owner Mat Ishbia once again let a first-round pick burn a hole in his pocket, trading his 2033 first (unprotected, according to ESPN) within seconds of the pick being eligible to trade.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • But at the same time, neither of those factors appeared to dent Americans’ spending, which remained strong over the past year.
    Catarina Saraiva, Fortune, 28 June 2026
  • The shaky outing continued Sasaki’s post-breakthrough slide, but the setback barely dents the Dodgers’ commanding division cushion, with San Diego still eight games back in the standings.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • From his flat top, cleft chin, starched collar, and tight shirt to the crease in his trousers tucked into black boots.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Along with the Antwerp Six, Martin Margiela put the small Belgian city of Antwerp on the international fashion radar, founding his house in 1988 and introducing cleft-toed boots, deconstructed clothes and all-white stores to the fashion lexicon.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Michael Olise — France/Bayern Munich (-1) Unfortunate to slip here after technically registering his third assist of the tournament for Mbappe’s screamer, and curling a delightful chip off the Iraq crossbar following some very slick French interplay.
    Liam Twomey, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Or curling your wrists while doing biceps curls.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • The complaint accuses Cal-Maine, Hickman's and Versova of conspiring to submit bids to influence egg price quotations, creating the impression there was a greater demand than there actually was.
    Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Set in the pink of a romantic sunset was an impression of Buraq, the steed that had carried the Prophet to heaven and back and shown him the wonders of Paradise.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • These coiled, shelled relatives of squid and octopuses were abundant predators, hunting in the same waters as fish, turtles, sharks and extinct marine reptiles called plesiosaurs.
    Torben Rick, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
  • Receiving a ball punched out of Tunisia’s area, the Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder took one touch to knock it into space, before coiling his diminutive frame behind a fierce shot that fizzed and curled into the net.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • That no grand conspiracy exists to price gouge drivers related to gasoline.
    David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Fighters cannot bite, strike the back of their opponent’s head or spine, grab the cage, or gouge eyeballs.
    Bhumika Tharoor, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • Starmer’s attempt to tackle Britain’s spiralling benefits bill was thwarted by his own MPs.
    Ian King, CNBC, 24 June 2026
  • Pandoras box is now open in a way that only movies depicted, and the situation is already spiraling.
    Joel Feder, The Drive, 24 June 2026

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“Dimple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimple. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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