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Search phrase: wrinkle

Plays

 26 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW II.iv.19So that you had her wrinkles and I her money, ISo that you had her wrinkles, and I her money, I
Antony and CleopatraAC I.ii.21Wrinkles forbid!Wrinkles forbid.
Antony and CleopatraAC I.v.29And wrinkled deep in time. Broad-fronted Caesar,And wrinkled deepe in time. Broad-fronted Casar,
Antony and CleopatraAC III.xi.37The lean and wrinkled Cassius; and 'twas IThe leane and wrinkled Cassius, and 'twas I
HamletHam II.ii.199wrinkled, their eyes purging thick amber and plum-treewrinkled; their eyes purging thicke Amber, or Plum-Tree
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.ii.19The wrinkles in my brows, now filled with blood,The Wrinckles in my Browes, now fill'd with blood,
King JohnKJ II.i.505Hanged in the frowning wrinkle of her browHang'd in the frowning wrinkle of her brow,
King JohnKJ IV.ii.192With wrinkled brows, with nods, with rolling eyes.With wrinkled browes, with nods, with rolling eyes.
King LearKL I.iv.281Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth,Let it stampe wrinkles in her brow of youth,
Measure for MeasureMM I.iii.5More grave and wrinkled than the aims and endsMore graue, and wrinkled, then the aimes, and ends
The Merchant of VeniceMV I.i.80With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come,With mirth and laughter let old wrinckles come,
The Merchant of VeniceMV IV.i.267To view with hollow eye and wrinkled browTo view with hollow eye, and wrinkled brow
Richard IIR2 I.iii.230But stop no wrinkle in his pilgrimage.But stop no wrinkle in his pilgrimage:
Richard IIR2 II.i.170Or bend one wrinkle on my sovereign's face.Or bend one wrinckle on my Soueraignes face:
Richard IIR2 IV.i.276No deeper wrinkles yet? Hath sorrow struckNo deeper wrinckles yet? hath Sorrow strucke
Richard IIIR3 I.i.9Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front,Grim-visag'd Warre, hath smooth'd his wrinkled Front:
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.163Foul wrinkled witch, what mak'st thou in my sight?Foule wrinckled Witch, what mak'st thou in my sight?
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.v.43This is a man, old, wrinkled, faded, withered,This is a man old, wrinckled, faded, withered,
Timon of AthensTim IV.i.5Pluck the grave wrinkled Senate from the bench,Plucke the graue wrinkled Senate from the Bench,
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.150.1A pox of wrinkles!A pox of wrinkles.
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.7Filling the aged wrinkles in my cheeks,Filling the aged wrinkles in my cheekes,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.i.40Buried this sigh in wrinkle of a smile;Buried this sigh, in wrinkle of a smile:
Troilus and CressidaTC II.ii.80Wrinkles Apollo's, and makes stale the morning.Wrinkles Apolloes, and makes stale the morning.
Troilus and CressidaTC II.ii.105Virgins and boys, mid-age and wrinkled old,Virgins, and Boyes; mid-age & wrinkled old,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.112Like wrinkled pebbles in a glassy stream,Like wrinckled peobles in a glasse streame
The Winter's TaleWT V.iii.29Hermione was not so much wrinkled, nothingHermione was not so much wrinckled, nothing

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.275 Respect and reason wait on wrinkled age! Respect and reason waite on wrinckled age:
The Rape of LucreceLuc.562 In the remorseless wrinkles of his face; In the remorselesse wrinckles of his face.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1452 Her cheeks with chaps and wrinkles were disguised; Her cheeks with chops and wrincles were disguiz'd,
SonnetsSonn.3.12 Despite of wrinkles this thy golden time. Dispight of wrinkles this thy goulden time.
SonnetsSonn.63.4 With lines and wrinkles, when his youthful morn With lines and wrincles, when his youthfull morne
SonnetsSonn.77.5 The wrinkles which thy glass will truly show The wrinckles which thy glasse will truly show,
SonnetsSonn.93.8 Is writ in moods and frowns and wrinkles strange. Is writ in moods and frounes and wrinckles strange.
SonnetsSonn.100.10 If Time have any wrinkle graven there; If time haue any wrincle grauen there,
SonnetsSonn.108.11 Nor gives to necessary wrinkles place, Nor giues to necessary wrinckles place,
Venus and AdonisVen.133 ‘ Were I hard-favoured, foul, or wrinkled-old, Were I hard-fauourd, foule, or wrinckled old,
Venus and AdonisVen.139 ‘ Thou canst not see one wrinkle in my brow; Thou canst not see one wrinckle in my brow,

Glossary

 8 result(s).
bend[of brows] knit, wrinkle, frown
grainedfurrowed, lined, wrinkled
rivelledfurrowed, wrinkled
ruggedfrowning, wrinkled with irritation
unbentunfrowning, not wrinkled; submissive
wrinklefrown, disapproving look
wrinkledfrowning, furrowed
writhledwrinkled, shrivelled, withered

Thesaurus

 7 result(s).
irritation, wrinkled withrugged
wrinklebend
wrinkledwrithled
wrinkledrivelled
wrinkledgrained
wrinkled with irritationrugged
wrinkled, notunbent

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
OLDAPPEARANCEwrinkled-old adj
WRINKLEBASICwrinkle n, wrinkle v, wrinkled adj
WRINKLESTATEwrinkled-old adj

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