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  • Puckering his cheek, Gomez said, "I'm getting worse than Timecheck."

    Kahen no Ame H-M Brown 2010

  • Puckering up his face though smiling, and showing his short strong teeth, he began with stubby fingers of both hands to ruffle up his thick tangled black hair.

    War and Peace 2003

  • This letter, with those to Puckering or Essex and the queen, i. 240-241, should be compared with what is said of them by Macaulay in his _Essay_ on Bacon, and by

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

  • Puckering may occur through want of care in the preliminary straining or in the fixing on of the applied parts.

    Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Grace Christie

  • Puckering lines of amusement wrinkled Chambers 'eyes as he lit up, watching Craven.

    Empire Clifford D. Simak 1946

  • Puckering up his face as if in mortal agony he gave a loud yell that ended in

    A slaveholder's daughter, 1900

  • Puckering up her lips, she whistled the tune correctly, and he joined in.

    The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation 1897

  • Puckering, Sir H., gave Milton's MSS. to the University of Cambridge, 129

    Life of John Milton Garnett, Richard, 1835-1906 1890

  • Henry Newton Puckering (we know not how he got them), and preserved by the pious care of Charles Mason and Sir Thomas Clarke.

    Life of John Milton Richard Garnett 1870

  • Puckering, Sir H., gave Milton's MSS. to the University of Cambridge, 129

    Life of John Milton Richard Garnett 1870

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