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dimpled

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verb

past tense of dimple

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dimpled
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Jeddah Economic Company Once complete, the skyscraper's cavernous interior will include 59 elevators and 157 floors.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2025
  • National Railway Museum The National Railway Museum, with its cavernous Great Hall filled with iconic, full-size locomotives, is a must for any train enthusiast.
    Jessica Macdonald, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Getting a tooth pulled carries a risk of experiencing a dry socket, also known as alveolar osteitis.
    Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Doctors diagnosed Anderson with stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft tissue cancer, in 2018.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • While seemingly well-intentioned, this directive is a hollow threat to a player who goes on to a successful MLB career.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • What the Chiefs do would be hollow, even impossible, without the fans who animate and fund them and who made this the place to be 60-plus years ago — and in a whole new way now.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The tape trades each marginal dose of news, and these will be pertinent ones over compressed time frames.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The compressed size of the court and the smaller arena mean players — and fans — will be able to hear much more on-court chatter.
    Remy Tumin, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Residents reported constant gunfire and explosions and Palestinian health services reported at least four wounded, after 10 people were killed a day earlier.
    Reuters, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The 12-year-old boy was wounded and suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the Hartford Courant reported.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • While raising a family, Grimes enrolled at the University of Central Missouri.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Mom immediately enrolled us in gun safety classes – can't imagine why!
    James F. Hales Remembering Rogers, arkansasonline.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Dimpled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimpled. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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