Sentence examples for a puckering from inspiring English sources

Infection causes a puckering of the leaves, hindering photosynthesis and therefore vigour.

They bind to the proteins in our saliva, inhibiting its ability to lubricate the mouth, causing a puckering, astringent feeling.

That's not to say you can't still find young wines that will give you a puckering mouthful of astringent tannins.

That holds true not only for a puckering, sour-faced response to a sour-tasting substance, but to other emotional responses, such as happiness when being tickled.

Then there are days I see it as a puckering hole into which we've poured blood and money.

For example, potentially important conformational changes include a pseudorotation of the glycosyl moiety, reported in diol dehydratase, a puckering of the ribose moiety, seen in GM, and an adenine-ribose rotation about the glycosidic bond in MCM.

Charlie Ackerman, the owner, is a puckered, saggy-bottomed crank.

Finally, I tried on a thick cotton henley shirt that was gauzy on the inside and had a puckered surface.

Leaving a puckered scar on the surface of humanity, so that the rest of time might point and stare.

If leaves have a puckered surface but normal color, you may be watering unevenly; if leaves are distorted and discolored, aphids may have been feeding.

Téa Leoni has a puckered mouth, a look of startled alarm, and a long, elegant waist; she's one of the most beautiful and talented comedians working in movies today.