Example Sentences

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We thanked our lucky stars we did not have creased trousers, smooth coats, vests, white shirts, collars, and neckties to dispose of.

From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Doubleday, Russell

Perhaps these have creased it, for you find some of their cases in the furrows, though they are deep and broad for them to make.

From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David

The man's eyes seemed to have sunk into his head, deep seams to have creased his brow and jaws.

From The Leopard Woman by White, Stewart Edward

"Well, I may have creased him," admitted the boy, using a word to denote a grazing bullet wound, hardly more than a scratch.

From The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X by Gooch, Thelma