crumpled

Example Sentences

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A police cap lay atop a cabinet, while a crumpled uniform sat beside a computer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 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

There are crumpled signs for hospital departments strewn on the ground and medical records drying on a tarpaulin between the admin offices.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

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

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

His wet fur clung to his bony frame and provided no distraction from his crumpled ear, his missing eye, the crimped whiskers sprouting from his left cheek.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman