pucker

Example Sentences

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So, why then do so some folks willingly crave foods that make their mouths pucker and tongues tingle?

From Salon • Sep. 13, 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

In other words, this complex dance between art, anatomy, and archaeology can bring the past almost to life—one eyelash, pucker, and pore at a time.

From National Geographic • Oct. 23, 2023

Sarai saw no new wounds on him, only the healing pucker of an old one on the sharp edge of his jaw.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor