How to Use pucker in a Sentence

pucker

1 of 2 verb
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  • His skin puckered a little around the scar.
  • The seams pucker and stretch; the plaster bubbles loom up to 12 feet high.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2018
  • Let the leaves start to pucker up a bit before rewetting the soil.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2017
  • One of the best things about the preppy puckered fabric?
    — Micaela English, Town & Country, 7 June 2018
  • One of the best things about the preppy puckered fabric?
    — Micaela English, Town & Country, 20 July 2017
  • On the nose, rich chocolate and the sweet vanilla swirl of oak; on the tongue, puckering plums.
    — William Bostwick, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Heat brings the oils to the surface of the skin, which puckers with smoky char and snaps beneath a pinch of chives against the dense white flesh.
    — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 9 Dec. 2017
  • Ariel is the one who leans in and puckers her lips, but Eric is too nervous.
    — Barry Levitt, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2023
  • The fat gets squeezed by the bands and puckers up under the skin, which leads to the ‘cottage cheese’ appearance.
    — Anne Roderique-Jones, SELF, 16 July 2017
  • Consumers are puckering up for sour food and drinks of all sorts.
    — Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2018
  • His arms and chest bear puckered scars from when he was slashed with a broken bottle.
    — Bob Ortega, CNN, 22 Oct. 2019
  • The two had some fun off the red carpet with Josh, 50, and Streisand, 76, getting cozy in one shot by puckering up for a kiss on the lips.
    — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 27 June 2018
  • No stranger to kissing scandals, the short video wraps with Cara puckering up to...
    — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Apr. 2014
  • The whistler may pucker the lips, finger whistle, or blow into a leaf or a simple wood flute.
    — Julien Meyer, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2016
  • The sleeves of his expensive bomber jacket puckered at the elbows.
    — John Jeremiah Sullivan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Apple notes give way to a mouth-watering finish of lime, and your mouth will pucker a bit.
    — cleveland.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Mother and son puckered up for a selfie over what looks like school papers.
    — Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2019
  • His name and resume alone will cause pitchers to pucker with runners aboard.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Another fan snapped a pic of Shawn and Camila puckering up for a kiss.
    — Kara Nesvig, Teen Vogue, 29 July 2019
  • Scallops seared in a wood fire and nestled with shaved celery and mouth-puckering kumquat?
    — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2020
  • This was no little living doll, an item molded for our amusement, who smiled and puckered with a twist of her arm.
    — Michael Grant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Illinois, Nebraska and New York aren't afraid to pucker up.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2017
  • In carcasses of foie gras ducks hanging in the slaughterhouse, the swollen livers puffed out of the puckered, plucked torsos.
    — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The quince cordial turns out to be delicious, with lip-puckering tartness and warm spice.
    — Paul Abercrombie, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2017
  • The leaves on his soybeans puckered and curled after they were exposed to dicamba, a problem known as cupping.
    — Danny Hakim, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2017
  • The skin on the catfish is puffed and crisped, as if it were cooked alive with a blowtorch, then served in a shallow puddle of deeply soulful broth that’s been spiked with lip-puckering tamarind.
    — Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register, 7 Apr. 2017
  • Pinterest Selena Gomez is puckering up, but The Weeknd is nowhere in sight.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Desperate to learn how to pucker up, Max recruits his friends to spy on a teenage couple making out next door via his dad’s off-limits drone.
    — Garrett Mitchell, Detroit Free Press, 31 July 2019
  • Desperate to learn how to pucker up, Max recruits his friends to spy on a teenage couple making out next door via his dad's off-limits drone.
    — Garrett Mitchell, azcentral, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Youngest son Journey River, who turns 1 this week, was strapped to his dad’s chest in a carrier for the outing while Fox, 31, puckered up for a solo selfie.
    — Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2017
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pucker

2 of 2 noun
  • The kind of cry where your lips pucker and your face scrunches up.
    — Keith Bierygolick, The Enquirer, 21 May 2021
  • These easy-to-make treats have the texture of a dense brownie and the sweet pucker of a lemon bar – thanks to the lemon juice and zest.
    — Bethany Thayer, USA TODAY, 9 June 2022
  • This one starts with a pucker-y, tart lemon curd, which is chilled before the whites and cream go in.
    — Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2022
  • Get all the way in on the pucker-worthy fun by wearing yellow, too.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2019
  • His team even lined up some bricks back at the team shop and let employees who didn't make the trip pucker up and kiss `em.
    — Dan Gelston, courant.com, 29 July 2017
  • And scientists are hot on the trail of the receptor for lemon’s sour pucker.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2012
  • Goat’s milk cheddars are the high-hat of the cheese drumkit, adding even more of that tangy pucker found in cow’s milk cheddars.
    — Tia Keenan, Bon Appetit, 6 June 2017
  • Goat’s milk cheddars are the high-hat of the cheese drumkit, adding even more of that tangy pucker found in cow’s milk cheddars.
    — Tia Keenan, Bon Appetit, 6 June 2017
  • The Raspberry Geyser sour is a refreshing pucker-up that glows like a pink rosé in the glass.
    — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 5 July 2019
  • The steam can cause those materials to pucker in a way that will be tricky to reverse.
    — Jolie Kerr, Esquire, 15 Apr. 2016
  • And this little pucker of quaffer is as likable as a Rude AF can get.
    — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • There are friendly masks with big, toothy grins, or red lipstick puckers.
    — Washington Post, 19 May 2020
  • Showing off her silky smooth, rejuvenized lips with a pucker of her pout, Dr. Idriss ends the video with a smile.
    — Talia Gutierrez, Allure, 31 Mar. 2022
  • After a chunky narrow chute came the moment of truth and pucker: a nearly 180-degree switchback on the precipice of a cliff.
    — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 10 Nov. 2022
  • This type of vinegar provides the right amount of pucker without being too sour.
    — Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping, 26 May 2021
  • Pickling mellows the grassiness that fresh peppers can sometimes have, and the acid in the pickling brine adds a slight pucker.
    — Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The flan is a sturdy round, better for the ring of strawberry sauce that circles it and the passion fruit sauce on top that lends pucker.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
  • If, however, a lump hurts, makes your skin pucker, or won't go away, see your doctor.
    — Kristin Koch, Seventeen, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Every time one encounters it, there’s a pucker factor - and the hope that no one has crashed below.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes, 14 Nov. 2021
  • The result is a brisk, angular wine, with plenty of that tart, perky zip that almost makes your mouth pucker.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2021
  • Let babies taste bitterness in foods such as kale, and pucker at the sourness of grapefruit.
    — Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Turn 9 is a pucker-inducing, decreasing radius sweeper entered at 120 mph with a hard stab of the brakes at the end of the back straight.
    — cleveland, 7 Mar. 2020
  • Neither smack you with the pucker-punch acidity found in some kombuchas.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • But my coworkers and I were talking about fresh masks — just-ripped-the-plastic-off, brand-new masks that still make our nostrils pucker.
    — Mirel Zaman, refinery29.com, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Transfer the wings to a platter, making sure to pour any sauce remaining in the bowl over the top, and serve with lemon wedges for anyone who wants extra pucker.
    — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Then his eyes and mouth folded into that signature squint-and-pucker.
    — Zach Everson, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2018
  • It's even-keeled—not too sweet, yet not pucker-inducing either.
    — The Editors Of Men's Health, Men's Health, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Because flaky lips reflect less light, a dry pucker could be making your lips look smaller.
    — Elizabeth Denton, Seventeen, 6 Nov. 2018
  • Spicy snacks, popular for years, are lately getting a new flavor twist: the spicy pucker.
    — Ellen Byron, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2020
  • These pillows showed no signs of wear after use, nor did the covers crinkle or pucker from a heated blanket.
    — Christine Persaud, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2021

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