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How to use wrinkle in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Wrinkle means a small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface. Example: “Spending time out in the sun may cause you to develop wrinkles sooner.”

Examples of wrinkle by meaning

nounA line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.

  • Spending time out in the sun may cause you to develop wrinkles sooner.

nounA fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.

  • We need to iron out the wrinkles in the plan before implementing it.

nounA twist on something existing; a novel difference.

  • We've added a couple of new wrinkles to the policy.
  • There were now a grab bag of southern country-rock units with a new wrinkle—Black Oak Arkansas, for one, combined psychedelia, fifties rock, Hindu spiritualism, and gospel into “psycho-boogie,” or “raunch 'n' roll.”2015, Mark Ribowsky, Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars

verbTo make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.

  • Be careful not to wrinkle your dress before we arrive.
  • It was a pity nobody saw the display in the empty street, where the auroral breeze wrinkled a large luminous puddle, making of the telephone wires reflected in it illegible lines of black zigzags.1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 4.9, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 110

verbTo pucker or become uneven or irregular.

  • An hour in the tub will cause your fingers to wrinkle.

verbTo develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.

  • The skin is the substance that wrinkles, shows age, stretches, scars and cuts.

More sentences with wrinkle

  • With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.From the entry heavy
  • That shirt still has a few more wrinkles to iron out.From the entry iron out
  • As the ocean receded from the beach it left the sand appearing wrinkled.From the entry wrinkled
  • The envelope flap seemed curiously wrinkled.From the entry flap
  • As she pored over the company's bewildering tax documents, she furrowed her brows, wrinkled her nose, and began to frown her befuddlement.From the entry furrow
  • While noninvasive procedures like Fraxel can improve skin texture and wrinkles, Dr.2023 January 24, Amy Synnott, “Those Weight Loss Drugs May Do a Number on Your Face”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the…. From the entry noninvasive
  • Diana wrinkled her nose in disgust, her tucked-up septum piercing catching the light from the upstairs hallway.2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 245. From the entry septum piercing
  • The 19-year-old barista and latte artist wrinkled her nose as she recalled the bitter sip.2018 January 26, Lauren Gambino, “Forget tea, drink more coffee: can a national culture be changed?”, in The Guardian. From the entry latte artist
  • A large handkerchief covering her head was knotted below her chin, encircling her sunburned and wrinkled face.2017 December 17, Kee B. Park, “Amid Talk of Nuclear Weapons, North Koreans Go Hungry”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from…. From the entry weed
  • The tent parted, and the plump woman took a step inside, wrinkling her nose.2015, Ramona K. Cecil, Lena Nelson Dooley, Darlene Franklin, A Texas Christmas. From the entry odorsome
  • Now, rhytiphobia, the fear of getting wrinkles, is a phobia that I can understand.2013 October 30, Suzanne Johnson, “Beyond the office door: Phobias”, in Washburn County Register, volume 125, number 11, page 8. From the entry rhytiphobia
  • More wrinkles than a tortoise, face like a bag of spanners.2009, Ron Clooney, A Measure of Wheat for a Penny, page 275. From the entry face like a bag of spanners
  • Because when her eyes twinkle and blinkle with excitement, her wrinkles crinkle up into a smile.2008, Lori Z. Scott, Meghan Rose All Dressed Up. From the entry blinkle
  • Lizzie's face is a Clapham Junction of lines, wrinkles, shadows and tunnelling dirt.2007, Miranda Miller, Loving Mephistopheles, Peter Owen Publishers. From the entry Clapham Junction
  • An eightysomething-year-old Bogart, with a bad dyejob and plenty of wrinkles.2006, Edgar Brau, Casablanca and Other Stories, Michigan State University Press, page 5. From the entry dyejob
  • There was just one slight wrinkle: The best-known justice of the peace was also the town barber.2004, Harriet Baskas, Washington Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff, Guilford, Conn.: The Globe…. From the entry midshave
  • Something about the wrinkle in your forehead tells me there's a fit about to get thrown.2003, Patterson Hood, Heathens. From the entry throw a fit
  • Their adaptation to austere monastic life includes an unexpected wrinkle — their introduction to World Cup Soccer!2003, David Bleiler, TLA Film, Video, and DVD Guide 2002-2003: The Discerning Film Lover's Guide, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN. From the entry soccermania
  • "We get a little paunchier and we get a few wrinkles and a little gray hair.2002 December 15, Debra Galant, “JERSEY; She Loved Him, She Loved Him Not, She Loves Him”, in The New York Times. From the entry paunchy
  • He wears a wrinkled polo shirt that does little to disguise his bulging Buddha belly.2000, Steve Martini, The Attorney, Jove Books, published 2001, →ISBN. From the entry Buddha belly
  • Watch for wrinkling on the canes — the first sign of dehydration.1999, Thomas Cairns, Ortho’s All About Roses, Meredith Books, →ISBN, page 28, →ISBN. From the entry remound
  • If this occurs, recut the canes below the wrinkling, remound the plant, and water well.1999, Thomas Cairns, Ortho’s All About Roses, Meredith Books, →ISBN, page 28, →ISBN. From the entry remound
  • I had to know. ¶ “Fear of getting wrinkles,” he sighed happily.1996, Emily Rodda, “Piece by piece” (chapter 12), in Dirty Tricks (Raven Hill Mysteries; 5), New York, N. Y.: Scholastic Inc., published…. From the entry rhytiphobia
  • His wrinkled, crimson-splattered visage still strains, a jagged-toothed rictus trying to cry out.1993, Wolfenstein 3D, scene: after defeating Hitler (episode 3), level/area: 9. From the entry rictus
  • This wrinkle in the system is corrected by a limited-slip differential.1992 November, Don Chaikin, “HOW IT WORKS: LIMITED-SLIP DIFFERENTIAL”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 169, number 11, page 104. From the entry limited-slip differential
  • In the dim glow of starlight and streetlight he saw a wrinkled face and a silvery goatee.1986, F[rancis] Paul Wilson, “Dat Tay Vao”, in The Touch (The Adversary Cycle; III), New York, N.Y.: Putnam, →ISBN; republished in Shane…. From the entry flat-footed
  • Classic, box-pleated skimmers and pantdresses stay crisp and fresh, won't wrinkle or wilt!1969, The New York Times Magazine (part 3). From the entry skimmer
  • She was wearing only panties and bra, which did nothing to make her scrawny, wrinkled body appealing.1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 12. From the entry bra
  • Are your discourses only for wrinkled carls and old rudas wives?1927, John Buchan, Witch Wood. From the entry rudas
  • Naturally, the river wasn't wrinkled or creased at all— wrong words, implying something unfluid like skin, something unenduring, prey to age.2019, Margaret Laurence, The Diviners. From the entry imply
  • He, after his sister had rubbed some of the spunk within its wrinkled orifice, prepared for an enculade.2019, The Power of Mesmerism. From the entry enculade
  • "I hear Rome is lovely." I wrinkle my nose .2016 November 6, Ann Gallagher, The Left Hand of Calvus: M/M Trans Historical Romantic Suspence, GallagherWitt, →ISBN. From the entry ludus

Meaning of wrinkle

  1. noun A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
  2. noun A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.
  3. noun A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.

Full definition of wrinkle

Questions about wrinkle in a sentence

How do you use wrinkle in a sentence?
Wrinkle is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Spending time out in the sun may cause you to develop wrinkles sooner.”
What is a short sentence with wrinkle?
“The envelope flap seemed curiously wrinkled.”
What does wrinkle mean?
Wrinkle means a small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.

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