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
Over the next 90 minutes, I witnessed this chain reaction dozens of times: Trill, dimple, repeat.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
I cast a sidelong glance at his face and the incredibly delicious dimple that every smile of his reveals.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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
As tension is applied across the elastic nanosheet in one direction, it expands out in the other dimension as the dimples flatten.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 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
He didn't have dimples, exactly, but the sides of his face folded in on themselves, and his eyes almost disappeared.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
With a dimpled smile and a halo of salt-and-pepper curls, she looks like the type of person you want to talk to when your life is a mess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 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
Perched atop the joints is a dimpled silicone membrane.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2024
It’s fat and dimpled, like my dad’s was.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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
She smiled, dimpling prettily, but the dark, humid eyes were full of yearning.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
