crease
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An interventional radiology team begins by making a small incision in the crease of the leg.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
When I held the iPhone Duo open, the crease was barely visible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The Cupertino-based company said it had reduced the visible crease in the middle of the screen -- one of the main criticisms leveled at foldables.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Ben Duckett played an awful drive to be caught at mid-off and Cox was trapped on the crease to be lbw, both to Khurram Shahzad.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The crease between Cara’s eyebrows appears when she frowns, making her look so much like Will that I have to look away.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
“How it’s not linear. Memory folds and creases and coils. This is where sculpture comes in. It helps me materialize these ideas and feelings.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
September carrots can look almost too virtuous at the farmers market: sturdy bunches, feathery green tops, dirt in the creases.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Her board was also padded, which reduced damage to fabrics and helped prevent garment creases during ironing, and it was collapsible, enabling easy storage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
The less you contract your muscle, the less your skin creases, reducing the appearance of wrinkles.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025
Age had battered her features so that she almost resembled a man, with sharp, shrunken eyes and prominent creases on either side of her nose.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
He would get angry with Neto when he brought them to school and creased the corners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
“No matter what I do, the beds still look a bit creased and worn, even grubby, in pictures.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
Seated beside Milushev, Nikolay Ivanov creased his forehead as he denied any links with Russia.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
Khalil’s tired eyes creased at the corners, and a smile spread slowly across his face.
From Slate ● May 2, 2025
And where the fabric was creased, no dust clung to it.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
He prefers reading newspapers over screens, still creasing the pages into a subway fold like he was taught as a child.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
"We've calmed down," Amfo confirmed, creasing with laughter.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2024
At this point, both the kids are born, Jimmy and Rosie, and they're at the door, just creasing themselves with laughter.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024
He began to punch in a response when the dispatcher hurried into the room with a look of deep anxiety creasing her face.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2022
With infinite patience the clerk folded the straps just so, located each purse at the center of the brown parcel paper he painstakingly tore from the roll, and commenced creasing the edges.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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