scrunch
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You cook them really quickly in a pan with butter and then scrunch them, which allows for the maple-soy butter to pool in all the little pockets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
My face would scrunch up and I’d shudder from the intense flavors, but I never cried.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2025
Since the mid-1960s, microscopists have seen that axons can scrunch up to form beads when they are diseased or under other stress.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2024
Soft, or flexible, plastic - the kind you can scrunch up in your hand - includes everything from shopping bags to clingfilm.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2021
I bounce my chin up and down and scrunch my nose.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
When a visible star is tugged by the gravity of an unseen companion, the motion to and from Earth stretches and scrunches the light.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 17, 2022
It scrunches its cheeks, raises its eyebrows, and then grimaces and blinks.
From The Verge ● May 4, 2022
She has a big smile and bigger eyes that she widens or scrunches or closes when she laughs, which is often.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2021
At times, he scrunches his eyes tight, extra tight, particularly when talking about tension or negativity.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2019
He scrunches his light-brown eyes at me and clenches his jaw.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
The woman's Do Not Attempt Resuscitation document was also found scrunched up in a cupboard, the report added.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
JetBlue’s seats are indeed lie-flat and my feet didn’t feel scrunched in the footwell when fully stretched out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Or a small, scrunched face slumbering in a stroller.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025
When ISA President Fernando Aguerre informed Aguirre on Friday that she had qualified, her face scrunched up on camera as she started to cry.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
Her face scrunched up like a wad of bubble gum.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
When Jimmy is passionately advocating for something and Kayla is in the same frame, she’s often gesticulating, scrunching up her face or emitting noises like “pffffft.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
“And,” she said, scrunching her nose and smiling widely, “I’m excited to go to the Emmys for the first time!”
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2022
At Y/Project, Glenn Marten continued to rework the classics – twisting a trench and scrunching its form with the aid of a wired hem.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2021
Scared and grieving, living in a grim and hopeless world, what’s to stop a reality-altering super being from waving her hands, scrunching her nose, and dropping into the seemingly safe confines of a 1950s sitcom?
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2021
“It’s gotta be crazy scary to have that happen at your school,” Jontay adds, scrunching his face like he’s thinking real hard.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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