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
She was light personified — golden brown eyes, dangly earrings, stars on her T-shirt, a dimple in one cheek.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
It had been over a year since she'd first seen a small dimple on the left side of her chest.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Lorna described Chelsea's "big smile and dimples" and her "infectious laugh"
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Being a refugee is as central to the character as the cheek dimples and the broad chest.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2025
When I met an Australian guy named Aaron out at a gay bar one night, it felt easy and light; we bantered well, and he had big dimples, and I was myself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
I don’t mind if you take out a couple of dimples in the thighs, however, but I really didn’t want it,” King said.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
Her eyes snapped the way Granny’s used to, but dimples were fighting to show around her mouth.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
“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
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
Laila loved the moist kisses Zalmai planted on her cheeks, loved his dimpled elbows and stout litde toes.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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
All around me heavy drops of fresh water plopped loudly and wastefully into the sea, dimpling its surface.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
