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Don’t be shy about shape or size — shoestring, steak-cut, crinkle, waffle, sweet potato — I’ll even give a pass to tater tots for the sake of this exercise.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2025

Remi is skittish, but food-motivated, so it may be a good idea to crinkle treats in her direction.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

O’Rourke has cropped hair, a graying goatee and expressive eyes that crinkle with his toothy smile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2023

Macfarlane, a seasoned lead of a dozen-plus straight Hallmark holiday romances including “Sense, Sensibility and Snowmen” and “A Shoe Addict’s Christmas,” is skilled at a Labradoresque eyebrow crinkle that could make anyone swoon.

From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2022

There’s a breeze messing up her hair, and the bright winter sun’s making her crinkle up her eyes, so you’re not sure if she’s smiling at our antics, or just grimacing in the light.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

The can itself has a sealed top and crinkles at the edges to make it clear the contents aren't to be drunk.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2025

Now, Levin spends weeks filling her freezer with gingerbread, cherry-hazelnut biscotti, chocolate-lemon crinkles, and sugar cookies — she’ll bring more than a dozen varieties to the party.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022

The paper crinkles as the kites part the air with a soft swish.

From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2022

Both Sohn and Jang also manipulate simple sheets of paper, defining modest sculptural forms with cuts, folds and crinkles.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021

The foil crinkles as he pries the layers apart.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

Now, with the election ban lifted, Le Pen crinkled her brow at Bouleau’s line of questioning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

This filthy and fascinating film is peering in, nose crinkled and stomach churning, to see what bubbles up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026

At a Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. John’s, Newfoundland on Wednesday, crews unloaded what appeared to be the Titan’s 22-inch hull, crinkled and twisted with exposed wires and cables.

From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2023

In her hands was a crinkled plastic bag.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2023

But when Ayanna’s head shifted, and I looked down to see her eyes open, crinkled with confusion, I stopped moving.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Tired and graying, crows’ feet crinkling around his eyes, Djokovic summoned the vintage stuff and gave himself a chance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Its smile will be warm and welcoming, with just the right amount of pupil dilation and crinkling at the corner of the eyes.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2024

A woman with a shopping bag picked her way through, waving her hand and crinkling her nose at the smell.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2023

Waterston strode around stage — cheeks reddening, eyes crinkling — like it was summer already, seeming to see not the slush but the work he had done over the past 60 years.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022

“Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub?” he inquired again as the air was filled with a loud, crinkling, snapping sound.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster