crumple
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They were at work when the quakes struck, causing high-rise apartment buildings, shopping centers and schools to crumple.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
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
The league is about to crumple it up and throw it out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
But once I saw Fulvia Cardew crumple up a sheet of paper with just a couple of words written on it and you would’ve thought she’d murdered someone from the looks she got.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
If people and institutions and businesses and government stand up to him, he crumples.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2026
Bynum keeps the camera on her as Jessie crumples her face in her hands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
Mesut's face crumples into tears and he turns away to compose himself.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2023
The situation is akin to a car that crumples in a crash: the vehicle absorbs the impact to protect passengers, but it is totaled.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 22, 2023
Then her smooth face crumples, and she begins to cry.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
The turning point came midway through the second half, when Swiss striker Breel Embolo crumpled in a heap, apparently the victim of a violent foul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Large, irregular, corpuscular clouds made of crumpled paper hung over the stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
The affected dormitory had shattered windows, blackened walls and a crumpled corrugated iron roof, an AFP journalist saw.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
As the lava cooled and contracted, it folded and crumpled, producing uneven features known as 'wrinkle ridges'.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026
His eyes widened when he saw Alfhercht, and his face crumpled as tears winked at the corners of his eyes.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Videos posted to social media and verified by AFP on Monday showed the catastrophic collapse of a shopping centre in General Santos, and an unoccupied school building crumpling.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
"Knowing my son ended up like this, I'm inconsolable, I'm filled with grief," U Hla Aung said, his face crumpling into a sob.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025
But first, she sobs, crumpling into Samuel’s arms while he holds her close.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2024
“I want people to know that we’re just normal people,” Ms. Broadbent, her face crumpling as she fought through tears, told Mr. Johnson.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
I ball my hand into an angry fist, crumpling the note with it.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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