crumpled

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Crumpled mattresses and twisted bed frames; torn-up couches leaking crumbly foam; halves of tables and broken bookshelves piled high among busted office chairs and abandoned dressers.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2023

Crumpled cars littered a main road leading out of the recently liberated town of Bucha on April 3.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2022

Crumpled roofs, charred carcasses of cattle and broken chairs covered in gray ash and soot dotted the smoldering landscape.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2021

Crumpled to her knees was a girl of perhaps 12 with white hair and tattooed cheeks.

From The Verge • Feb. 8, 2019

Crumpled over, shoulders shaking, Violet thought about how she must have looked at the funeral, at what her mission was.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison