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Rippled

Ripple \Rip"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rippled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rippling.] [Cf. Rimple, Rumple.]

  1. To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain.

  2. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.

Wiktionary
rippled

vb. (en-past of: ripple)

WordNet
rippled
  1. adj. having wrinkles or waves [syn: crinkled, crinkly, wavy, wavelike]

  2. shaken into waves or undulations as by wind; "the rippled surface of the pond"; "with ruffled flags flying" [syn: ruffled]

Usage examples of "rippled".

She deepened her caresses as shivering forerunners of ecstasy rippled through her.

With each movement of the stallion’s body, elaborate silk tassels on the halter rippled, weaving light into shimmering patterns.

The fragile cloth rippled and gleamed, echoing the waves swelling toward the brutally hot sand.

Protest rippled through her, a spasm of stiffness that passed quickly because she hadn’t the strength to sustain it.

The ship’s graceful ebony hull rippled with the reflected dance of light on water.

His body rippled with the involuntary motion of a predator poised for the killing leap, adrenaline pumping, muscles tensed.

Light rippled hypnotically over the sculpture, creating subtle bands of gold and shimmering brown, smooth and infinitely sensuous.

Water brimmed and rippled over stone at the far end, making a tiny waterfall no taller than Chance and barely as wide as Reba’s hand.

Frissons of warmth rippled through her, setting off slow fires in the secret places of her body.

She tested him with her nails, caressed him with her palms, and all the while husky little sounds rippled out of her.

Bleached by southern California’s sun, grass on the hillsides rippled in a tawny echo of the sea’s restless waves.

The beast’s powerful muscles rippled and gleamed in a hammered metallic gold, its eyes were as brilliant as diamonds, and its teeth and claws glittered with lethal edges.

The thought of exploring her satin depths rippled through him like a swarm of tiny, harmonic earthquakes, testing his resistance, warning of the explosion to come.

When she fastened the seat belt, the long strands of her hair rippled and shimmered in her lap like flame.

Muscles rippled beneath the horses' smooth bronze hides, giving them an aura of strength that was almost intimidating.