He and she sat side by side like two wax people while the waiter stretched across to unwrinkle the tablecloth and straighten the knives.
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Unwrinkle
Synonyms for "unwrinkle" (3 found)
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Translations
3 translations across 2 languages.
German
1 entries- glätten verb (to remove wrinkles from)
Portuguese
2 entries- desenrugar verb (to remove wrinkles from)
- desfranzir verb (to remove wrinkles from)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The job was done before Silver could unwrinkle the grimace on his face.
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His head protruded out of his torn collar much as the head of the tortoise protrudes from its shell, the throat unwrinkling, the eyes like beads, or pips of jet.
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In a rain barrel, water unwrinkles to glass; a lime tree’s daughter there studies her face.
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