pucker up
Example Sentences
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“There’s times when you pucker up a little bit,” Bochy said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2023
Science chatted with Dunn about how, and why, humans like to pucker up.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 11, 2022
Right after I return the camera the three men pucker up their faces as if to say, “You suck.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2018
Before this evidence was shown, Officer Richard Schiff had testified under oath that he made eye contact with Nieto and saw his forehead pucker up in a frown.
From The Guardian • Mar. 21, 2016
At other times, when attempting to speak, my lips would pucker up, firmly set together, and I would be unable to separate them, until my breath was exhausted.
From Stammering, Its Cause and Cure by Bogue, Benjamin Nathaniel
