pucker

He avoids kissing for 24 hours before a performance and 48 hours before a competition because it makes it difficult to sustain a pucker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

The kind that makes your mouth pucker and your tongue go numb from all the acids decimating your taste buds.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2025

Mattel should have considered traditional pucker toe moccasins, instead of black shoes, and included symbols on the basket that Cherokees use to tell a story, she said.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

If a bite of dandelion greens or extra-dark chocolate makes you pucker, there’s good reason.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 12, 2023

She’s wearing a green dress with puffed sleeves and some kind of pucker stitching across the top.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

The building alternately puckers and swells, like the indolent flexing of a muscle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Fattoush is one of the bright, simple joys of summer: Tomatoes spill sunshine, pita shards and cucumbers take turns showing off their snap, sumac puckers, and mint and parsley cool, often, in a single bite.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2022

The crunchy onion gives a little sweetness while the pickle puckers in the most pleasing way to cut through all that heat.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2022

Bose says it has refined the design in subtle ways: according to the company, “pleats and puckers have been removed from soft materials, and gaps between components have been replaced with smooth transitions.”

From The Verge ● Aug. 31, 2021

The Prawn raises his eyebrows, and his already crinkled forehead puckers to ramen noodles.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

The seams in the seat jackets of our tester were puckered and imperfect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Hashtags such as #sunburntanlines, #sunpoisoning and #sunstroke are popping up alongside videos of young men and women - some in tears - revealing deep red, almost purple, often puckered skin.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025

Unscrewing the cap on a tube of mauve goo and giving it a generous swipe across puckered lips.

From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2023

He puckered his lips and blew, as if spitting spitting water while laughing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

He lowered his head and puckered his lips against the surface of the milk.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Astringency is the dry, puckering, rough, or sandpapery feeling people notice when eating foods rich in certain plant compounds called polyphenols.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2026

But those who are familiar with and enjoy Robinson’s puckering brand of cringe are probably up for the challenge — which it is, in the best way.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025

In fact, she’s so dedicated to that social critique that she can’t accept any contradictory evidence, even when gorgeous male celebrity lips are puckering up right in front of her.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2023

The espresso can be sipped, unsweetened, without puckering or grimacing.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2022

She shifted her attention to my hands, where I was yanking the thread with such tension that the fabric was puckering.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman