dimpling

present participle of dimple

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dimpling
Verb
  • For Windows users, nothing has come close to unseating Chrome’s de facto default status in the Windows ecosystem or even denting its market share.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • That trend has combined with broader retail price inflation around the world which is pushing up costs for consumers and denting demand for sweet treats in the process.
    Jenni Reid, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Complete the harvest decoration by adding a thick ribbon around the arrangement and curling the ends.
    Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Guimaraes had got Newcastle motoring, curling in a long-range shot after 58 minutes.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Dense dust lanes can be seen coiling around Andromeda's glowing galactic center, which is thought to house a supermassive black hole 140 million times more massive than our sun.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rookie running back Omarion Hampton started waving his hand toward the sideline.
    Daniel Popper, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Many springs feature a visible boil at the water surface above the spring vent, crystal clear water, submerged grasses waving in the current, and a range of fish, turtles, snails and other aquatic animals hiding in the grasses.
    Christopher F. Meindl, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Venture further into its vast archives, and visitors will find over one thousand handwritten medieval manuscripts, fully illuminated with gold leaf, floral motifs, and winding Arabic calligraphy.
    Ryan Byrnes, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • These contemporary seats look comfortable enough to support winding conversation well after dessert and nightcaps have been served.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Seattle brought in closer Andrés Muñoz to keep the game from spiraling out of control, something that could work in the Tigers’ favor for Game 4.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The Palestinian poet and scholar Mosab Abu Toha, who received a 2025 Pulitzer Prize for his New Yorker essays about Gaza, wrote in June about the spiralling humanitarian crisis.
    Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • However, beginning in mid-2023, when PSX finally stopped moving lower and began to rally, those same averages flipped from sloping down to sloping up.
    Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Tucked away on a sloping hillside parcel spanning almost a third of an acre, the flat-roof abode offers four bedrooms and three baths across roughly 2,500 square feet on two levels.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The film unfolds in a dreamy, meandering flow, following Mark around the world and into his home, gliding from the pressures of the octagon (where MMA athletes duke it out) to scenes of more quotidian domesticity.
    Richard Lawson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The meandering layout of Milan predates cars, so expect to get your steps in on the narrow and winding roads.
    Abbey Hudetz, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Dimpling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimpling. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.

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