Thesaurus / crumple
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Thankfully, they have become less frequent, and when they do happen, I absorb them with a quick jerk of my torso and a slight crumple of my eyelids, making it almost imperceptible to anyone else.
YOU NEVER STOP BEING A CHILD OF WARNADJA HALILBEGOVICHAPRIL 26, 2022TIMEFailing to account for the presence of your dog in that vehicle undermines every seatbelt, airbag, and crumple zone you just rolled into a monthly payment.
YOU NEED A BETTER DOG BARRIERWES SILERMAY 12, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEThe entire front of the car in front of the cabin is a crumple zone designed to absorb the impact in a crash before the energy can make its way to the cells.
HYUNDAI PLANS TO BUILD DOZENS OF VEHICLES ON ITS NEW MODULAR EV PLATFORMSTAN HORACZEKDECEMBER 3, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEThe man who would face a cannon's mouth would falter before the face of a woman whom he could crumple with one hand.
YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKERThe life went out of her like the flame from a dying candle, and she seemed to shrink and crumple and to sway upon her feet.
"PERSONS UNKNOWN"VIRGINIA TRACYThey can't endure it; so much goodness breaks down their wing arches, and the glorious ones crumple together like tissue-paper.
A GIRL'S STUDENT DAYS AND AFTERJEANNETTE MARKSShe will wear a lovely dress she calls a tea-gown, all soft and lacey, and she doesn't mind how much I crumple it.
THE STRAND MAGAZINE, VOLUME XXVII, JANUARY 1904, NO. 157VARIOUSThen he seemed to crumple up entirely, and, falling forward, rolled with a loud splash into the river.
THE HERO OF PANAMAF. S. BRERETONThen I tried to climb back to you for consolation and found that my legs would crumple under me in the most absurd fashion.
THE GIRL SCOUTS IN BEECHWOOD FORESTMARGARET VANDERCOOKThe other articles should be removed one at a time, not forgetting to crumple the paper into a ball before taking it out.
MAGICELLIS STANYONWORDS RELATED TO CRUMPLE
- bend
- circumvolution
- cockle
- convolution
- corrugation
- crease
- crimp
- crinkle
- crumple
- dog's ear
- flection
- flexure
- furrow
- gather
- gathering
- groove
- knife-edge
- lap
- lapel
- layer
- loop
- overlap
- plait
- pleat
- plication
- plicature
- ply
- pucker
- ridge
- rimple
- rivel
- ruche
- ruck
- ruffle
- rumple
- shirring
- smocking
- tuck
- turn
- wrinkle
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