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.
had been puckering
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past perfect progressiveof pucker.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Nan, who had been puckering up her face to cry, smiled instantly; then she scrambled to her feet, and flung her little fat arms round Annie’s neck.
From A World of Girls The Story of a School by Meade, L. T.
