wrinkle
noun
a small furrow or crease in the skin, especially of the face, as from aging or frowning.
wrinkled
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past participleof wrinkle.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 wrinkle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
wrinklenouna small furrow or crease in the skin, especially of the face, as from aging or frowning.
Example Sentences
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As gray and wrinkled as the bottom of a mummy’s foot, the Cyclops’ face is wonderfully askew, like he was stepped on by someone even bigger than him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Occasionally, however, conditions allowed the mats and their wrinkled textures to be buried and preserved for millions of years.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
Elsewhere, steel structures appear variously deflated, vacuum-sealed, flopped, melted and wrinkled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
But based on the success of the streaming series “The Mandalorian,” set around the title bounty hunter, we can all agree that his charge Grogu — green, wrinkled, big-eyed Baby You-Know-Who — is still adorable.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
“Did you notice it yet?” he asked as I wrinkled my nose at the double study block on Pearl Harbor scheduled first thing that morning.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
