pucker
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Their crunch interrupts the softness of the turkey, cheese and sauces; their salt seasons the sandwich; and their pucker sharpens the lemon mayo and smoky-sweet romesco.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
He avoids kissing for 24 hours before a performance and 48 hours before a competition because it makes it difficult to sustain a pucker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
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
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
Starry is waiting, arms crossed, a worried pucker on her forehead.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
The building alternately puckers and swells, like the indolent flexing of a muscle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The crunchy onion gives a little sweetness while the pickle puckers in the most pleasing way to cut through all that heat.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
There are friendly masks with big, toothy grins, or red lipstick puckers.
From Washington Post ● May 18, 2020
He looks sidewise at the correctional officers, and when he is sure they aren’t looking, he puckers his lips to fit them through the iron grid separating him from her, and they kiss.
From The Verge ● Mar. 13, 2019
She pictured her mother finishing them with lovely, soft toe puckers so the girls’ feet could twitch and dance.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
The seams in the seat jackets of our tester were puckered and imperfect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Hashtags such as #sunburntanlines, #sunpoisoning and #sunstroke are popping up alongside videos of young men and women - some in tears - revealing deep red, almost purple, often puckered skin.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025
“That class, leading those guys, there were some puckered up Porsches and Corvettes,” Hendrick said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
It’s puckered with what looks like bright red mouths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
The surface was puckered and flaking, with all of its many colors beginning to blend.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
Astringency is the dry, puckering, rough, or sandpapery feeling people notice when eating foods rich in certain plant compounds called polyphenols.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2026
To some, pie means flirtatious cherries, cinnamon-kissed apples or pleasantly puckering lemon awakening the taste buds.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2025
Beyond the gross-out close-ups of puckering organs, what is most striking here is a rare cinematic quality nowadays: perversity.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
“They’re the Sour Patch Kids of chips,” said one puckering colleague.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022
Her lips stop puckering, just for a few seconds.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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