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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
  • This allusion to cavernous splendor works both for and against the production, which is being directed, once again, by Landau.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The cavernous Washington Hilton ballroom for this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was still filled, despite no POTUS on the bill, no comedian, and few administration figures or members of Congress drawing attention in the crowd.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 27 Apr. 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
  • Consumers have become adept at detecting hollow marketing.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Some just throw in the towel and count on hollow wall anchors to do the job.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Operational friction, fulfilment risk, and a need to rebalance sourcing, inventory, and vendor strategies in a compressed timeline.
    Jill Standish, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • The New Mexico senator said the compressed general election campaign schedule hurt Harris’s chances.
    Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 4 May 2025
Verb
  • Three young teens were wounded overnight in a drive-by shooting on the South Side in the Chatham neighborhood, Chicago police said.
    Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Miller was even more seriously wounded, along with another SEAL (Joseph Quinn), when an IED exploded outside the building as they were being evacuated.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The removal of application materials also has caused confusion around the recertification process for borrowers already enrolled in repayment plans, experts say.
    CORA LEWIS, Chicago Tribune, 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 12 May. 2025.

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