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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With a dimpled smile and a halo of salt-and-pepper curls, she looks like the type of person you want to talk to when your life is a mess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
So far this year, by slapping a little white dimpled ball around in the grass, he has won $19.2 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2025
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
A dark-brown root-beer bottle, like a burned limb, grew out of her dimpled hand.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
