wrinkle
noun
a small furrow or crease in the skin, especially of the face, as from aging or frowning.
had wrinkled
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past perfectof wrinkle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Some men were not men at all but mere pre-teens; others had wrinkled faces and graying hair.
From Newsweek ● Jul. 5, 2013
He liked to look at the way her light brown skin had wrinkled at the corners of her eyes and her mouth, from too much laughing she liked to say.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
The Jersey man's face had wrinkled as a preliminary to some sarcastic comment on what he termed the "handcuff" way of reasoning, when the telephone bell rang.
From Number Seventeen by Louis Tracy
It seems that, during the night, that paper had wrinkled itself up like the skin on the neck of a pioneer hen after death.
From Remarks by Bill Nye
The shrewd old face of the Bishop had wrinkled into a smile of quiet observation as the other read the letter.
From The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West by Harry Leon Wilson
