crumple

Example Sentences

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To wrap a basketball, for example, you’d need to crumple the paper in a horrible mess or cut many pieces and tape them together with unsightly overlaps.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

His adversaries think he’ll crumple like yesterday’s broadsheet when they turn him away, and are perturbed to realize he’s more like the human equivalent of tissue hanging onto the heel of a shoe.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025

Even if voters crumple up and toss the congressional maps Yee and others drafted, none felt as though their labors were wasted.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2025

Speaking at the site, Mohamed El-Sherif, the city’s governor, said the collapse was caused by a “vertical split” in the structure, causing half of the building to crumple.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2023

My cheeks flush, and I crumple up my napkin to cover the half-chewed bite.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy