scrunches

Example Sentences

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He seems unafraid to be a little silly and puffs out his cheeks or scrunches up his face to entertain the babies.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2023

Horse manure plops onto the asphalt, and no one blinks or scrunches their nose.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2023

When a visible star is tugged by the gravity of an unseen companion, the motion to and from Earth stretches and scrunches the light.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 17, 2022

It scrunches its cheeks, raises its eyebrows, and then grimaces and blinks.

From The Verge • May 4, 2022

She flicks her hair over her shoulder and scrunches up her face in a way that means she’s thinking.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven