rumple

So I take off my makeup, rumple my hair and go to the supermarket in sweats.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022

On a blue two-seater sofa, a tiny head and bony freckled hands emerge from the loose rumple of a red and black Chinese silk shirt.

From Time ● Oct. 10, 2016

In Sonnet 73, “That time of year thou mayest in me behold,” there is a cognitive rumple as eventful as any I know in poetry.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 23, 2016

His hair is frequently rumpled, but there’s not enough of it to rumple in the fashion of Donald Trump.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 21, 2016

Then the two men would embrace and Inigo would come running up and Yeste would rumple his hair and then Inigo would make tea while the two men talked.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

The MacDonald Ice rumples where the penguins now live is dynamic and unpredictable, and Antarctic seasonal sea ice levels are close to record lows.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024

A discarded poster, grotesquely distorted by rumples and rain.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

This magical contraption is small, heats up in about a minute, and can easily smooth out everything from everyday rumples to tough wrinkles.

From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2018

She is sitting in her El Segundo studio, her hair a short shock of platinum blond that stands to attention when she rumples it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2015

The rumples in Papa- Nnukwu’s belly did not seem so many now, and his navel rose higher, still enclosed between folds of skin.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In an Indian city, an unassuming, slightly rumpled comedian walks into the spotlight for the first time in months.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

In this case, I can’t see how ironing out a few wrinkles and covering a rumpled duvet with a digital bedspread materially misrepresents your home.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026

It might have acquired a crack in that mighty windshield by then, a rumpled bumper, a dent in the door, mismatched mudders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Tom Brandis is a rumpled, pudgy wreck, an ex-priest who no longer believes in God and can’t absolve his son of a sin that shattered their family.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025

When Isa came downstairs, she saw Oliver, his hair rumpled on one side, sitting slouched on a stool by the kitchen island, staring at an open book.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

As different groupings of dancers come and go, marking the hornpipe music with some maritime motions, rumpling Baroque grace with hip bumps and air kisses, other dancers pass in front or behind.

From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2021

Having done so, he turned tail, only for the carpet to sabotage his dignity by rumpling and tipping him on to his arse.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2019

It does if your idea of smooth is flexible enough to include the mild rumpling it exhibits when you wash and hang it to dry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2016

I’d eventually make it to the top, where I’d sit on a bench and watch the sun settle into an unmade bed of mountains rumpling toward the horizon.

From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2013

“I had a capital time. Did you?” asked Jo, rumpling up her hair, and making herself comfortable.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott