dimple
noun
a small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
dimpled
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past participleof dimple.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dimple.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
dimplenouna small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
Example Sentences
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“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
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
The atoms in the sheet are made of repeating units consisting of two tungsten atoms to every carbon atom, which are arranged metaphorically like the dimpled surface of an egg carton.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2024
A missing or dimpled primer at the bottom of the cartridge is another trait of dummy rounds.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
From where the sleeves ended, her soft arm-flesh swelled and dropped over her dimpled elbows in a sumptuous bulge.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
