crumpled

Example Sentences

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All they found was a crumpled bag of chips.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

Some of those attending the much talked about festival, which takes place over two weekends each year in Palm Springs, California, are ditching hastily assembled pop-up tents and crumpled gazebos.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Far from luxuriating in a serene and pristine writing environment, Ms. Lewin reveals, Woolf worked amid “old nibs, bits of string, used matches, rusty paper-clips, crumpled envelopes, broken cigarette-holders, etc.”

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

To Nhamo, the rest of the world seemed to disappear: All she could see was Grandmother’s face with one side crumpled and one eye open and unblinking.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer