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dimple

[dim-puhl] / ˈdɪm pəl /
NOUN
indentation
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He has the same nose and the same dimple that Robert and Noah share.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Mary noticed a breast dimple in early 2023.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Sometimes I grow my beard in, but sometimes I like showing my dimple.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2024

"That is a pimple on a dimple on an ant's left cheek compared to what we need in the world," Banga said.

From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2023

This time my nervousness has nothing to do with blue eyes and a dimple.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

The hair got less curly, the dimples less squishy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Lorna said she thinks about Chelsea's "big smile and dimples" in moments of sadness.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Being a refugee is as central to the character as the cheek dimples and the broad chest.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2025

You could fall into his dimples when he smiles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

No one could deny she had inherited her strong chin and dimples from her father.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

“Well, everybody needs a passport,” responded a middle-aged woman with thick-rimmed glasses and dimpled cheeks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

She laughed with a dimpled smile and was easy to talk to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024

Mr. Close, soft-spoken and warm with a dimpled smile, was raised in Collyweston, with family roots that go back 400 years here.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2024

Exactly how currents and sediments move over the dimpled surface of the Sur Pockmark Field is still unknown.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024

Uncle Darnell seemed like his dimpled, jokey self.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Unlike many other breast cancers, she said symptoms could include itching, tingling, pulling sensations, dimpling or changes to the skin rather than a distinct lump.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

When he looked under a microscope, he saw small suckers dimpling the rock.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2022

After setting the bread in your pan and dimpling your dough, drizzle the infused olive oil on top before baking.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2021

In the bowels of the jet, technicians have to remove multiple specialty fasteners on both sides of the inner fuselage skin, then install newly produced “shims” that fill out gaps and remove the structural dimpling.

From Reuters ● Feb. 25, 2021

Archer blinked at her, and the corners of his mouth turned upward, dimpling the skin of his cheek.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee


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