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His voice is backed by light bass plucks, piano chords in the key of C and the crinkle of thousands of tiny plastic wrappers being peeled back.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2022

The other women also bring cookies for sharing: Nanaimo bars, cranberry cookies, chocolate-peppermint crinkle cookies.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022

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

He was startled by noises such as the crinkle of poop bags.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2022

I put my fingers in my pocket and feel the crinkle of the crisp twenty.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

The can itself has a sealed top and crinkles at the edges to make it clear the contents aren't to be drunk.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2025

His face crinkles into a smile: “I love work.”

From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2020

Its scattering of paint tubes evokes metallic crinkles despite Freilicher’s gauzy style, and the blue and green strokes she’s marked on the palette — are they “daubs,” or simply daubs?

From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2018

“One of my first memories was watching the parlor maid iron The London Times so there were no crinkles in it before my father read it,” Anne Coates said in a 2016 interview.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2018

She pauses to make sure I’m paying attention and crinkles up her freckled nose.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

Under her spell, steel is transformed into supple leather, sagging vinyl, crinkled plastic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

This filthy and fascinating film is peering in, nose crinkled and stomach churning, to see what bubbles up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026

Her face crinkled and she began to cry, whispering that she still dreams of him.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

A Bendigo historian to her left held a crinkled page from the archives showing that Mr. Joseph was buried on July 25, 1858.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023

Sierra took a deep breath and studied her old grandfather, the blue veins along his crinkled arms, the deep-brown eyes.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

Tired and graying, crows’ feet crinkling around his eyes, Djokovic summoned the vintage stuff and gave himself a chance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

“Animal organs, ground up!” one guest squealed, crinkling his nose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024

Its smile will be warm and welcoming, with just the right amount of pupil dilation and crinkling at the corner of the eyes.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2024

The conceit was spectacularly imaginative: the sheets had enough form to become both dynamic sculptures and, in their murmured crinkling, significant percussive accompaniment for occasional wails from Sunny Yang’s cello.

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2023

Sure ’nough, there, sitting astride his horse not ten yards from us, was Cap’n Buck, his eyes crinkling up in a horrible smile!

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis