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.
was puckering
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past progressiveof pucker.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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She shifted her attention to my hands, where I was yanking the thread with such tension that the fabric was puckering.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Teddy's lemon did not affect the beating of the drum, but as the lad began to make believe that the acid juice was puckering his lips, some of the musicians showed signs of uneasiness.
From The Circus Boys on the Mississippi : or, Afloat with the Big Show on the Big River by Edgar B. P. Darlington
Bobbie's round face was puckering for a cry.
From The Pillars of the House, V1 by Charlotte Mary Yonge
He guessed that she was about to say something interesting, something that was puckering her mental interior, struggling to come out.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
He was puckering his face over our course.
From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
