verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a puckered scar (= one where the skin has not healed flat )
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She pulled back her hair and showed me a puckered scar near her ear.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
lip
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She puckered her lips for a moment.
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McMurphy puckered his lips and looked at my face a long time.
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He looks at Candice and she puckers her lips , perhaps ironically.
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How he puckered his lips as if he were kissing each word goodbye.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Even the thought of eating raw rhubarb makes my mouth pucker .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Following instructions, I seasoned with so much sodium that my face all the way back beyond my ears puckered up.
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Her lips pucker and stretch, pucker and stretch.
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I find a zig-zag tends to pucker the fabric, but this may differ with makes of sewing machine.
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She puckered her lips for a moment.
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The skin is purple and puckered.
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Then seeing Joe's lips pucker , he walked over to the fireplace and embraced him.
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With fingers stained and mouths puckered and purple, our memories of indulgently consuming these succulent fruits are almost sinful.