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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of purse.

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Examples

  • Davin pursed his lips and stared at Rose for a long moment before shifting his eyes to the Doctor.

    You Reap What You Sow (5&6 of 45) amberfocus 2008

  • The Duchess had asked me to come take pictures, so I did, trying in vain to navigate the difference between too-bright flash and too-dim no-flash, trying to get a picture of Janice with her mouth open instead of thoughtfully pursed, which is how it somehow managed to be ever time my camera thought through its digital mazes and finally took the shot.

    Janice Erlbaum 2008

  • But when -- apparently, when his family walked in he smiled, he blew a kiss, and kind of pursed his lips to mouth a kiss, and then he nodded to them as they walked in.

    CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Condemned Killer Ricky McGinn Executed in Texas - September 27, 2000 2000

  • Bring it to me and I'll show you the 'pursed' cover.

    Average Jones Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

  • She kind of pursed up her mouth and said, "Well, we must remember that they had the advantage of having lived abroad."

    Frustrate 1912

  • He drinks from a crystal water goblet and stares out expressively over his small, wire-framed glasses, lips pursed, eyebrows raised, and arms folded.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • She pursed her lips, her brow furrowed with worry.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • Sophie clasped my hand in hers and closed her eyes, her mouth pursed.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • She pursed her lips, her brow furrowed with worry.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • Li Faa pursed her insolent, unpainted lips into the form of a half-opened rosebud, and replied:

    THE TEARS OF AH KIM 2010

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