dimple
noun
a small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
was dimpling
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past progressiveof dimple.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Her cheeks dimpled when she smiled, and at that moment she was dimpling at Cat.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
She was a sedate-looking little girl with big blue eyes and straight, mouse-colored hair, but upon this occasion she was dimpling and smiling as she handed a tiny, three-cornered note to Edna.
From A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays by Amy Ella Blanchard
Mary tried to look sorrowful, to hide the smile that was dimpling her cheek.
From Marriage by Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
Her face was dimpling, as she returned the sheet.
From A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
It was an exquisite morning; the sea was dimpling and laughing in the sunrise, and great flocks of hungry white sea-birds were making for the Firth.
From A Daughter of Fife by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
