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as in to crumple
to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in
crinkled the candy wrapper up and threw it away
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Recent Examples of crinkle
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2024
Dion shakes her head fondly, and the corners of her eyes crinkle up, as though in sweet remembrance.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
Alok Sama, Fortune Asia, 17 Sep. 2024
Each scale features a different texture that crinkles or squeaks to keep those tiny minds occupied and curious about the world around them.
—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 2 July 2024
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Noun
They're mostly known for smash burgers, hot dogs, and crinkle fries.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2024
Dion shakes her head fondly, and the corners of her eyes crinkle up, as though in sweet remembrance.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
Verb
His face lit up, the eyes crinkled, the smile reached its widest, and the finger wagged at me again.
—Alok Sama, Fortune Asia, 17 Sep. 2024
Each scale features a different texture that crinkles or squeaks to keep those tiny minds occupied and curious about the world around them.
—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 2 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for crinkle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crinkle
Noun
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But as a teenager, Richard’s brow is creased into a deep furrow.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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The 27-year-old has ploughed a long furrow in the lower leagues, dropping down a division to join third tier Ipswich Town in 2021.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes,
7 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Part instructional video, part film noir, the movie opened with the sound of whistling wind and a shot of rustling vegetation.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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In one nifty gag, his new super-hearing makes a rustling spider as noisy as Riverdance’s Michael Flatley.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Image On a table in a downstairs corner room that Commandant Höss used as a home office lies a heap of torn and crumpled Nazi-era newspapers and other wartime artifacts found after the house was sold.—
Andrew Higgins,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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The back half of the car is crumpled in on itself, the windows are shattered and the patrol car was physically turned off the road by the force of the crash.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
31 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Best of all, reviewers say these joggers pack well and don’t wrinkle.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Jan. 2025
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Gurneys are parked in the hallways, and the scrubs get wrinkled and dirty.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The cream can be applied daily to improve the look of wrinkles, creases, crepey texture, uneven skin tone, and sun damage.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
20 Jan. 2025
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Look at where the Predators’ goals were scored — the slot or crease area.—
Joe Smith,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Moving quickly and coordinating through their radios, the Asads rushed to extinguish spot fires crackling at the base of trees, in a patch of bamboo and on the many railroad ties that serve as stairs throughout the property.—
Deborah Netburn,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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Perhaps this staging area includes the steampunk-ish hell-basement filled with ominously crackling and humming electrical equipment that sucks Cooper through a portal (sans shoes, like a religious pilgrim entering a house of worship) and reincarnates him on the floor of Dougie’s secret other place.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Bunions were forming on the sides of my feet, and my little toes were starting to scrunch into claws, or hammer toes.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Outside Online,
8 Jan. 2025
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Pastor Harris had sat scrunched in his truck, dazed as his boots filled with water and blood from the gashes in his shins.—
Eduardo Medina,
New York Times,
29 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The Irish convincingly beat Indiana and Georgia in the early playoff rounds and squeaked past Penn State en route to the championship game.—
Andrew King,
Axios,
17 Jan. 2025
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Azevedo narrowly retained his council seat in the November election, squeaking out a win against Ed Hernandez by claiming 50.8% of the vote.—
Jakob Rodgers,
The Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Crinkle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crinkle. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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