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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
  • Accommodating 250 smart leather reclining seats, the EPIC by Vue room in Nottingham is large, without being overly cavernous.
    Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Several other big-time names have visited the roughly 99-acre campus and called dibs on the cavernous spaces, in many cases planning to produce new site-specific pieces, but Mourmans is not ready to reveal their identities publicly.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 27 July 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
  • At Dock’s Oyster House in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the Pommes Soufflé is an elevated version of a french fry, that is crispy on the outside and completely hollow on the inside.
    Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • For the lighter portions to have as little weight as possible, even the carbon-fiber frames had to be hollow.
    Elise Cutts, Wired News, 10 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • For the next few years, as the World Wide Web emerged, websites were measured in kilobytes, images were small and compressed, and video was essentially impossible.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Ultimately, your pitch deck is the compressed narrative of your ambition.
    Elena Volotovskaya, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • The girl was taking her dogs outside when the hog came out of thick brush and attacked her, wounding her leg.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Eight civilians were killed and 33 were wounded in the eastern province of Donetsk.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • In the Kansas 3rd District, which includes southern Wyandotte County, Johnson County and areas southwest of the metro, 53,000 people are enrolled, or 7% of the population.
    Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Dimpled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimpled. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.

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