crinkle

Example Sentences

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There’s this way she has of telling people to “listen,” half-imperative, half-plea; a way that the skin around her eyes crinkles in a petition to be understood.

From New York Times

Waterston strode around stage — cheeks reddening, eyes crinkling — like it was summer already, seeming to see not the slush but the work he had done over the past 60 years.

From New York Times

For the children who received them, those sweets held meaning no tiny, crinkled candy wrapper could contain.

From Washington Post

These are not your average crinkle cookies, nor are they your average lemon cookie.

From Salon

Elsewhere, pleated silk hung beautifully down from a pink halter neck gown, evoking the delicate crinkling in wings.

From Seattle Times