crinkle

Example Sentences

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By 8:45 a.m., the clouds cleared, the sun came out, and the grass in Nielson’s fist began to crinkle and snap.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

Remi is skittish, but food-motivated, so it may be a good idea to crinkle treats in her direction.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2023

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

The fragment of coral, a tiny crinkle of pink like a sugar rosebud from a cake, rolled across the mat.

From "1984" by George Orwell