pucker

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

The kind that makes your mouth pucker and your tongue go numb from all the acids decimating your taste buds.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 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

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

I laugh at the expression on Caleb’s face, his mouth drawn into a slight pucker and his eyes wide.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

The building alternately puckers and swells, like the indolent flexing of a muscle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Fattoush is one of the bright, simple joys of summer: Tomatoes spill sunshine, pita shards and cucumbers take turns showing off their snap, sumac puckers, and mint and parsley cool, often, in a single bite.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2022

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

He puckers his lips and pantomimes shoveling coal.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2020

He puckers his lips and makes a kissing sound.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

In fact a laundry list of laundry terms could apply: folded, pressed, softened, agitated, pleated, creased, puckered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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

Unscrewing the cap on a tube of mauve goo and giving it a generous swipe across puckered lips.

From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2023

It’s puckered with what looks like bright red mouths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2023

His expression could best be described as puckered, as if he’d just drunk lemonade without enough sugar.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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

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

I can remember my reticence like it was yesterday, both wanting a cookie but not wanting the possible puckering acidity that might be lying in wait.

From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2022

“They’re the Sour Patch Kids of chips,” said one puckering colleague.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022

I repeat, Hogwash, puckering for the ending of ssssshhhhhh.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai