crumpled

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Far from luxuriating in a serene and pristine writing environment, Ms. Lewin reveals, Woolf worked amid “old nibs, bits of string, used matches, rusty paper-clips, crumpled envelopes, broken cigarette-holders, etc.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Colbert took a paper copy with the CBS statement, crumpled it, and put it in a plastic bag typically used to collect dog feces.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

"No student should have to rifle through drawers looking for a crumpled certificate when they're preparing for a job interview," Skills Minister Baroness Jacqui Smith said.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

Buildings in Whitehouse were destroyed or crumpled, with corrugated roofs strewn across the ground.

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

Soggy wads of toilet paper and crumpled hand towels are drifting across the floor like lumpy jellyfish.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein