dimple
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Mary noticed a breast dimple in early 2023.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
"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
Chances are, the photos will show the waves in his dark hair and the dimple that emerges when he smiles.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
We even had the same tiny dimple on our nose tips.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2021
“I know all about Stephen Jenkins and the dimple in his chin and how he asked you to be his girlfriend. And you let him kiss you at the sixth-grade picnic.”
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
From the vantage point of our helicopter above the Alps, you can make out scars and dimples from recent avalanches.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
In their 2017 study, the researchers mimicked some features of brochosomes, particularly the dimples and their distribution, using synthetic materials.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
You could fall into his dimples when he smiles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
Jolliff remembered her son as a font of happiness and sociability, who seemingly knew everyone in town and whose ample dimples were constantly lit up by a perpetual grin.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 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
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
A missing or dimpled primer at the bottom of the cartridge is another trait of dummy rounds.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
Around half past twelve there was a great clattering outside in the corridor and a smiling, dimpled woman slid back their door and said, “Anything off the cart, dears?”
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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
“Hope you had a happy birthday yesterday,” Bedi Ma'am greets me, a smile dimpling her cheeks.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
