Wrinkled

Examples

• The old woman's face was wrinkled; her two remaining teeth protruded over her under lip; and her eyes were bright and piercing. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• At the thought he laid down his knife and fork again, and a flush of anxiety rose to his finely-wrinkled cheek. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• A long silence ensued; during which the Jew was plunged in deep thought, with his face wrinkled into an expression of villainy perfectly demoniacal. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Her fingers were white and wrinkled with washing, and the soap-suds were yet smoking which she wiped off her arms. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• You must yourself have remarked how worn, wrinkled, and stained they were. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• A fair stave, Grandfer Cantle; but I am afeard 'tis too much for the mouldy weasand of such a old man as you, he said to the wrinkled reveller. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It might have been said that he had a wrinkled mind. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• His body was much bent, and his face was wrinkled and yellow. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Miss Wren wrinkled her nose, to express dislike. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The professor sat in silence for a few minutes, and the darkness hid the grim smile that wreathed his wrinkled countenance. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• She took his fore-paws in one hand, and lifted up the forefinger of the other, while the dog wrinkled his brows and looked embarrassed. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• A frayed top-hat and a faded brown overcoat with a wrinkled velvet collar lay upon a chair beside him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was so old and his face was very wrinkled, so that a smile used so many lines that all gradations were lost. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• It was very odd to see what old letters Charley's young hand had made, they so wrinkled, and shrivelled, and tottering, it so plump and round. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A ghastly grin wrinkled his lips as he gazed on me, where I sat fulfilling the task which he had allotted to me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• O, if I could live in a gay town as a lady should, and go my own ways, and do my own doings, I'd give the wrinkled half of my life! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Mr. Helstone pushed out his cynical lip, wrinkled his brown forehead, and gave an inarticulate grunt. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Not a hair remained upon her wrinkled skull. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Her body was as wrinkled as her face, and as repulsive. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

Editor: Terence