crumple
Example Sentences
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I groan at the realization that I’ll have to explain this, crumpling into Dara, who is nice enough to give me a hug.
From Literature
The woman’s eyes are red and she has a crumpled tissue in her hands, a doll tucked under her arm.
From Literature
He crumpled up one of the little papers and tossed it back to Two.
From Literature
A police cap lay atop a cabinet, while a crumpled uniform sat beside a computer.
It is not simply that the curators have tidied up before letting the public in: Woolf’s “writing lodge” at Monk’s House in Sussex, England, for instance, is suspiciously clear of crumpled envelopes and broken cigarette-holders.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
