rumple
Example Sentences
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On a blue two-seater sofa, a tiny head and bony freckled hands emerge from the loose rumple of a red and black Chinese silk shirt.
From Time • Oct. 10, 2016
In Sonnet 73, “That time of year thou mayest in me behold,” there is a cognitive rumple as eventful as any I know in poetry.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 23, 2016
His hair is frequently rumpled, but there’s not enough of it to rumple in the fashion of Donald Trump.
From Washington Times • Jan. 21, 2016
Would Dan’s fear of roller coasters really cause a major rumple in their relationship?
From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2015
He’d give Bill a playful cuff and rumple his hair.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Vocabulary lists containing rumple
My Brother Sam is Dead
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The Night Diary
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