rumple

Example Sentences

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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

Would Dan’s fear of roller coasters really cause a major rumple in their relationship?

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2015

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