crinkle
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His voice is backed by light bass plucks, piano chords in the key of C and the crinkle of thousands of tiny plastic wrappers being peeled back.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2022
Macfarlane, a seasoned lead of a dozen-plus straight Hallmark holiday romances including “Sense, Sensibility and Snowmen” and “A Shoe Addict’s Christmas,” is skilled at a Labradoresque eyebrow crinkle that could make anyone swoon.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
In a jet black bodysuit paired with a crinkle chiffon, hand-draped skirt.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2022
They are tossed in Nashville seasoning and served with crinkle cut fries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2022
Underneath Lovebug’s face shield, I see her crinkle together her eyebrows and wrinkle her nose.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
The can itself has a sealed top and crinkles at the edges to make it clear the contents aren't to be drunk.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2025
Gluten-free chocolate crinkles, molasses spice and pecan bars all have champions in my home.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
Both Sohn and Jang also manipulate simple sheets of paper, defining modest sculptural forms with cuts, folds and crinkles.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021
Up close, I noticed eye crinkles from a lifetime of smiling, his booming laugh.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
All Darryl does all day is takes a sip, then crinkles the paper.
From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds
Our critic raved that “Carol Bove is an illusionist. Under her spell, steel is transformed into supple leather, sagging vinyl, crinkled plastic.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
They’re crinkled to reflect the light, making the medals shine.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
Cut to a slow horror zoom into his face, eyebrows crinkled upward as if in a prayer for deliverance.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
Even water trapped in the depression of a crinkled chips bag is fair game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
You pressed the bag so hard, its plastic crinkled.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
Tired and graying, crows’ feet crinkling around his eyes, Djokovic summoned the vintage stuff and gave himself a chance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Layering newspapers atop the mattress was another trick; the crinkling sent the vermin scampering.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
Its smile will be warm and welcoming, with just the right amount of pupil dilation and crinkling at the corner of the eyes.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2024
The conceit was spectacularly imaginative: the sheets had enough form to become both dynamic sculptures and, in their murmured crinkling, significant percussive accompaniment for occasional wails from Sunny Yang’s cello.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2023
Now her faint eyebrows lifted, the corners of her mouth rose, crinkling the wan cheeks.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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