crinkle
Example Sentences
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With hundreds of locations, it’s known for a simplified menu of chicken fingers, coleslaw, crinkle fries, Texas toast and a signature tangy dipping sauce.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023
O’Rourke has cropped hair, a graying goatee and expressive eyes that crinkle with his toothy smile.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2023
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
My 3s had a bit of a crinkle in the center now because I wore them so much.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2022
“Here,” she’d said, and Izzy had known what it was before she even felt the crinkle of the plastic wrapper in her palm.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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