crimple

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Also, whenever we are putting on power we won't try to stand up, our legs would crimple up like strings.

From The Skylark of Space by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)

With his face contorted into a grin to crimple one's spine, with a voice to make one's knees buckle, he went up to Happy Jack and thrust that horrible grin into Happy's very face.

From The Happy Family by Bower, B. M.

The heart glows; its humanities even yield and crimple under the fierce heat of mental pride.

From Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons by Mitchell, Donald Grant