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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

“They knew how to make a martini that could taste like green apple but didn’t use some synthetic, chemical green apple pucker liqueur,” he says.

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 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

We head next door to the Asian grocery store for a bag of shrimp chips to share—delicious, crispy, salty, French fry-looking crackers that make my mouth pucker.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

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

There are friendly masks with big, toothy grins, or red lipstick puckers.

From Washington Post ● May 18, 2020

Mary’s mouth puckers, and she gives me a hard look.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

In fact a laundry list of laundry terms could apply: folded, pressed, softened, agitated, pleated, creased, puckered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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

Nandina domestica ‘Firepower’ is a compact form of heavenly bamboo that forms a mounded 2-by-2-foot tuffet of slightly puckered evergreen foliage.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2022

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

“I need to see your slides. The ones from last week. Please don't ask me what's wrong again,” I beg, anticipating what she's going to say by the round, puckered O of her mouth.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

"We had particular difficulties with hard sounds like 'B' and with sounds involving lip puckering, such as 'W'. But these abilities will likely improve with time and practice," Lipson said.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2026

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

There, puckering jerks wash across our screens like the overnight eruption of tulips on otherwise ho-hum hills.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2022

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

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2022

Instead, their faces were puckering and shriveling, their fur collars almost swallowing their heads.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin