crumpled

Example Sentences

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Colbert took a paper copy with the CBS statement, crumpled it, and put it in a plastic bag typically used to collect dog feces.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

"No student should have to rifle through drawers looking for a crumpled certificate when they're preparing for a job interview," Skills Minister Baroness Jacqui Smith said.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

Greyparrot’s analyzers were shown recyclables thousands of times, in conditions ranging from crumpled to perfectly intact, until the computers could recognize materials, said Mikela Druckman, the U.K. firm’s chief executive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Buildings in Whitehouse were destroyed or crumpled, with corrugated roofs strewn across the ground.

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

Then she crumpled the paper and threw it into the wastebasket.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney