pursed
past simple and past participle ofpurse
purse
verb[T]
uk/pɜːs/us/pɝːs/tobringyourlipstightlytogether so that theyformaroundedshape, usually as anexpressionofdisapproval:
"I don'tapproveof thatkindoflanguage," she said, pursing herlips.
Grimacing and frowning
- bitchy resting face
- cloud
- curl
- death stare
- evil
- frown
- furrow
- glare
- if looks could kill...idiom
- knit
- knityourbrow/browsidiom
- look daggers atsomeoneidiom
- pout
- purse
- roll
- scowl
- screw
- scrunch
- sneer
- someone'sface fallsidiom
Examplesofpursed
pursed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
This winnowing does not imply, however, protracted transport, because the flattened casts are never crumpled, folded over,pursedor stacked.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As with other brass instruments, sound is produced by blowing air throughpursedlips producing a vibration that creates a standing wave in the instrument.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There's a lot ofpursedlips and steely looks.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Phoebidas, hoping for a rout, rashlypursedthem closely.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As a young girl she continued working for charities andpursedher passion along with it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He shut his eyes andpursedhis lips.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The release (exhalation) of highly compressed air through a valve (such aspursedlips) causes it to drop radically in temperature.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The net is thenpursed, closing the bottom of the net, then pulling up the net until the fish are caught alongside the vessel.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Though it is generally unanimous that both goals are integral to achieving reconciliation, practitioners often disagree about which goal should bepursedfirst: justice or peace?
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His small, full-lipped mouth is tightlypursed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To distinguish the yes/no question marking from that of wh- questions, the yes/no arking also includes raised eyebrows and widened eyes as well as slightlypursedlips.
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- coherent framework
- coherently
- coherent manner
- coherent motion
- coherent narrative
- coherent pattern
- coherent picture
- coherent plan
- coherent policy
- coherent representation
- coherent sense
- coherent set
- coherent story
- coherent structure
- coherent theory
- coherent thought
- coherent whole
- cohering
- cohesion
- Cohesion Fund
- cohesion-fund
- cohesion score
- cohesive
- cohesive unit
- cohesive whole