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 puckered
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past perfectof pucker.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The long immersion had puckered and bleached their skin, so that in the relatively low light of the nursery their freckles appeared black.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
His eyes strayed uneasily from one object in the yard to another, while the frown of perplexity that had puckered his brow since Asshlin's death reappeared more prominently than before.
From The Gambler A Novel by Katherine Cecil Thurston
Of course, she remembered him, she said, and the toys and flowers, and told how comically he had puckered his brow in argumentation with her father.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
He had puckered up his mouth and made it small; under the scowl of his twisted eyebrows he was looking at nothing.
From Mary Olivier: a Life by May Sinclair
He had puckered up the edges of the hole like the neck of a bag, and had tied the thread around it.
From When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart
