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wrinkle

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[ UK /ɹˈɪŋkə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˈɹɪŋkəɫ/ ]
VERB
  1. gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
    purse ones's lips
  2. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
    This fabric won't wrinkle
  3. make wrinkled or creased
    furrow one's brow
  4. make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic
    crease the paper like this to make a crane
    The dress got wrinkled
NOUN
  1. a minor difficulty
    they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out
  2. a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
    ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
    his face has many lines
  3. a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
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How To Use wrinkle In A Sentence

  • The face cream had a good consistency and left the face looking radiant and fresh, although there was no improvement on the wrinkles. Times, Sunday Times
  • As we got closer, a face so old and cragged with such deep wrinkles they looked like sun-baked crevasses formed by thousand of years of standing in the wind and rain. Guanajuato restaurants
  • The last prisoner in the coffle was the tailor, a gray-haired, elderly man with a wrinkled face. The Magic of Krynn
  • Botox works by paralysing the muscles that make wrinkles. The Sun
  • His hair was starting to gray around the edges, and his eyes were sunken, hidden away behind bags and wrinkles that were now forming.
  • I'm used to Emily saying things like that, so I don't take any notice, just nod and pick up a bottle of peach nectar off the shelf, slosh it around, wrinkle my nose.
  • But as he neared the crux of his missive, he was suddenly interrupted by a flurry of black tresses and wrinkled muslin rushing into the room.
  • It also protects skin from wrinkles and black spots and prevents such geriatric diseases as cerebral haemorrhage, myocardium and brain infarction by removing acid effete matters in time. North Korea Hails New ‘Anti-Ageing Super Drink’ | Impact Lab
  • His blue dress uniform was unwrinkled and perfect.
  • Wrinkles creased his furry muzzle, as though he was smelling something foul.
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