crumple
Example Sentences
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Crumple up a piece of aluminum foil into a ball, and sprinkle a generous layer of baking soda into the pan.
From Salon • Sep. 2, 2021
Crumple them up and they are good to go.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2016
Test 3: Crumple up a paper and throw it in plain view.
From Time Magazine Archive
Crumple sighed again;—he had learned the impotency of worldly wealth, and would have been satisfied, if left untempted, to have remained happy with one and sixpence a day.
From The Warden by Trollope, Anthony
Mrs. Crumple discovered something awry with the lace of her gown, for she drew in her chin, and one eye examined her vertical front while the other covertly circled the table.
From David Malcolm by Lloyd, Nelson
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