Puckered
[pʌkəd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Pucker
Checker: Norris
Examples
- When I at last drew him down on to the sofa, his mouth and eyelids were all puckered on one side, and I saw that he had a stroke. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Suddenly her face puckered, her brow was knit with thought, she seemed twisted in troublesome effort for utterance. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Sherlock Holmes stopped in front of it with his head on one side and looked it all over, with his eyes shining brightly between puckered lids. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He peered at me with great curiosity in his puckered eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He looks like a skinned rabbit with a puckered-up old-man's face. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Then she puckered those divine brows of hers, and shook her head. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- She drew herself up, puckered her black eyebrows, but still looked puzzled. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She has a puckered forehead, a peering expression, and probably rounded shoulders. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The puckered eyelids had begun to quiver, and now a pair of vacant gray eyes looked up at us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- His hair and whiskers were shot with gray, and his face was all crinkled and puckered like a withered apple. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Across this gashed and puckered mirror a dark body was slowly borne by one of the backward currents. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He puckered his brows into a frown of deep thought. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Checker: Norris