rumpled
Example Sentences
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In an Indian city, an unassuming, slightly rumpled comedian walks into the spotlight for the first time in months.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
In this case, I can’t see how ironing out a few wrinkles and covering a rumpled duvet with a digital bedspread materially misrepresents your home.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
The shah heard news of the coup in Rome, where he arrived “a rumpled refugee,” according to the New York Daily News on Aug. 20, 1953.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
It might have acquired a crack in that mighty windshield by then, a rumpled bumper, a dent in the door, mismatched mudders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
I look at his rumpled sheets and try to make out a human form, but there isn’t enough bulk to account for him.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
