crumple

Example Sentences

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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 The Wall Street Journal

In front of us the proud face crumpled; Tante Jans put her hands over her eyes and began to cry.

From Literature

I followed her to the back room and crumpled onto a stool.

From Literature

Mine today is yellow, my last clean one, excavated from the crumpled piles on my wardrobe floor and pale enough that I’d hoped it would go unnoticed.

From Literature

I pull the crumpled piece of paper from my pocket and start reading aloud.

From Literature