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are puckering

  • present progressive
    of pucker.
    pucker
    verb (used with or without object)
    to draw or gather into wrinkles or irregular folds, as material or a part of the face; constrict.

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In fact, she’s so dedicated to that social critique that she can’t accept any contradictory evidence, even when gorgeous male celebrity lips are puckering up right in front of her.

From Washington Post Mar. 28, 2023

Posers are puckering up for their own reflections, or an imagined lover on the other side of the screen.

From Slate Feb. 12, 2016

Get ready for "the pout" … Speaking of lips, Mick Jagger and the boys are puckering up for the Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary shows.

From The Guardian Nov. 10, 2012

My dear little pet," laughed Hilda, "how solemnly you are talking, what a frightfully earnest tone has got into your voice, and how you are puckering your poor little forehead.

From A Young Mutineer by Meade, L. T.