wrinkly
Americanadjective
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wrinklier,
comparative
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wrinkliest
superlative
Other Word Forms
Adjective Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of wrinkly
Example Sentences
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Now that he’s a bit wrinkly and gray he shows promise of being a startlingly persuasive character actor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The individual beans, which resemble shrunken dates due to their wrinkly dark exterior, can also be microplaned to create a fine powder, according to a guide from Great British Chefs.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025
These affectionate goofballs, with their perfect wrinkly cheeks and jowls, will bring a tremendous amount of love into your life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
An elephant is a beautiful animal, but pick it apart and it's got a long wrinkly nose, strange side glancing eyes, huge sticking out ears and a big fat stomach.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2025
Red’s granny suddenly looked very wise and maybe even less crouched and wrinkly.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
She plays herself in this sharp and funny Lenny essay but explores similar themes—getting older, saggier, and wrinklier; caring a lot about that; and wondering what caring so much is teaching her daughter.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2016
When we ran into each other again, 40 years later, we were both fatter, wrinklier and literally scarred from run-ins with serious illness.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2013
The hair has gone now, and he is wrinklier and twinklier, mellow and wise.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2012
She was a short, wrinkly prune of a woman with poofy gray hair who disapproved of everything and walked with a hunched back that made her look even shorter and wrinklier than she already was.
From "George" by Alex Gino
It turns out Big Jim taught him some other things, too, like the power of loyalty and how hope, even the tiniest, wrinkliest sliver, can power us through our darkest hours.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2019
Believe it or not, I have been covering the Supreme Court and legal affairs here at Slate for 15 years, which also makes me one of the wrinkliest Slate staffers.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2015
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