crinkle
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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
While your family and friends might be used to seeing the typical chocolate crinkle cookies on holiday spreads, this red velvet version brings a vibrant and festive color to the table.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2022
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
They are tossed in Nashville seasoning and served with crinkle cut fries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2022
Who was to know if she sat on the stoop until she heard the crinkle of the midwife’s starched wimple?
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
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
The white paper beneath her crinkles as she shifts to look at the medical objects in the room.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2022
There’s this way she has of telling people to “listen,” half-imperative, half-plea; a way that the skin around her eyes crinkles in a petition to be understood.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 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
She opens her mouth, and my nose crinkles when I smell her breath.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
Our critic raved that “Carol Bove is an illusionist. Under her spell, steel is transformed into supple leather, sagging vinyl, crinkled plastic.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Mr. Hur crinkled an eyebrow and corrected him: No, he said, she occupied that post under President Obama.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
Even water trapped in the depression of a crinkled chips bag is fair game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
In her hands was a crinkled plastic bag.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
A few garments hung out of the windows, limp and crinkled, as though they had been recently laundered.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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
Layering newspapers atop the mattress was another trick; the crinkling sent the vermin scampering.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
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
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
He gestured with his long, white fingers and smiled, his face crinkling pleas-antly.
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
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