Example Sentences

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When he looked under a microscope, he saw small suckers dimpling the rock.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2022

After setting the bread in your pan and dimpling your dough, drizzle the infused olive oil on top before baking.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2021

In the bowels of the jet, technicians have to remove multiple specialty fasteners on both sides of the inner fuselage skin, then install newly produced “shims” that fill out gaps and remove the structural dimpling.

From Reuters • Feb. 25, 2021

“No one is where she is supposed to be; characters are introduced and then seldom appear again. … Others might not even exist, reality collapsing and dimpling like the landscape,” Leichter writes.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2020

“Hope you had a happy birthday yesterday,” Bedi Ma'am greets me, a smile dimpling her cheeks.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman