crumpled

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Crumpled roofs, charred carcasses of cattle and broken chairs covered in gray ash and soot dotted the smoldering landscape.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2021

Crumpled documents, neighborhood watch items and left-over “junk” from the previous owner of the home lead to phone numbers, which lead to recorded performances, which lead to unwrapping the mystery that befell the previous resident.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2021

Crumpled to her knees was a girl of perhaps 12 with white hair and tattooed cheeks.

From The Verge • Feb. 8, 2019

Estate pub The Crumpled Horn in Swindon was built in 1975, designed by Roy Wilson-Smith and based on the theme of the nursery rhyme 'This is the House that Jack Built'.

From BBC • May 18, 2018

Crumpled yellow bell-bottoms and a go-go bag that was loved.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy