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dimpled

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verb

past tense of dimple

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dimpled
Verb
  • The ball curled through the proverbial eye of a needle, between Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez, and behind Alexis Mac Allister, who was forced to spin on his heels.
    Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The old woman, though, stares at the screen, the shadow of a smile curled into her lips and a frown barely creasing her forehead.
    Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The Silencio sequence marks a reality-shattering crescendo to Lynch’s film — and an emotional crest, with leads Naomi Watts and Laura Harring both bursting into tears while viewing Del Rio’s performance in the cavernous club.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 27 June 2025
  • Over the fence, folks can spy the cavernous stage and the scaffolding above for the technical crew still in place, and that sparks memories.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Meet the fox tapeworm The new study is a retrospective one, in which a group of doctors in Switzerland examined medical records of 334 patients who developed the disease alveolar echinococcosis (AE) over a 50-year span (1973–2022).
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Implants require invasive surgery and good combination of implants and alveolar bone.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Equally hollow are the claims that his proposal is low risk.
    Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
  • Most of the other obvious yuks are flashy and hollow: Of course M3GAN will dance.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Bottle Rocket began its life as a 13-minute short film shot in black and white, that is essentially a compressed version of the movie's first act.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 18 June 2025
  • The ball can be easily popped out for cleaning using a soft cloth or compressed air.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 June 2025
Verb
  • Six people were wounded in Cherkasy, including a child, regional Gov. Ihor Taburets said.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025
  • Two people were wounded in another Ukrainian drone attack on the city of Bryansk in western Russia, regional Gov. Alexander Bogomaz said Sunday morning, adding that seven more Ukrainian drones had been shot down over the region.
    Volodymyr Yurchuk, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • With 220 students enrolled, the school is at 174% of its capacity, Rice said.
    Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Under the new system, there would be capacity for 480 students at Rebound — 260 more than are now enrolled.
    Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Dimpled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimpled. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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