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adjective

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as in cupped

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dimpled

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verb

past tense of dimple
as in dented

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  1. curled
  2. cavernous
  3. alveolar
  4. hollow
  5. compressed
  6. wound
  7. enrolled
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
Definition of curled
Adjective
  • Carter is to be remembered Thursday at a state funeral inside the cavernous Washington National Cathedral.
    Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • There were few in the sharply dressed and cavernous Palm Springs Convention Center who dressed down.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of cavernous
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
Definition of alveolar
Adjective
  • The statement is hollow so long as people still can stake their dollars on the calamities befalling everyday Angelenos.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • But that rang terribly hollow, because Schoen and Daboll aren’t being held accountable in any way to that bottom line.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of hollow
Adjective
  • The compressed chronology also turns patients into recurring characters.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
  • These are expensive and require drones with folding wings and a supply of compressed air or other propellent to launch them.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of compressed
Verb
  • Two men were killed and a third man was wounded in a North Oakland shooting Friday night, authorities said.
    Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Jordan and nine-year veteran officer Joseph Rodrigue, who did not fire his weapon, were both wounded in the thighs and Rodrigue's shoulder was fractured.
    JACK BROOK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of wound
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
Definition of enrolled
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