crumpled

Example Sentences

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It is not simply that the curators have tidied up before letting the public in: Woolf’s “writing lodge” at Monk’s House in Sussex, England, for instance, is suspiciously clear of crumpled envelopes and broken cigarette-holders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Colbert took a paper copy with the CBS statement, crumpled it, and put it in a plastic bag typically used to collect dog feces.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

But by now in early January those crimson leaves are probably already looking crumpled.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Buildings in Whitehouse were destroyed or crumpled, with corrugated roofs strewn across the ground.

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

His eyes brimmed with such pity and sadness, I sobbed and crumpled over myself, ashamed at how close I had come, so very close, just to fail.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros