scrunch
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You cook them really quickly in a pan with butter and then scrunch them, which allows for the maple-soy butter to pool in all the little pockets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
My face would scrunch up and I’d shudder from the intense flavors, but I never cried.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2025
A good way to check if wrapping paper is recyclable, according to Wrap, is the "scrunch test".
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2022
Small amounts of the DNA didn’t appear to affect the cells, but larger amounts caused them to scrunch up, suggesting they were responding to the stimulus.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 19, 2021
I lean against the wall and scrunch my eyes tight, trying to decide what to do.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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
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
Her face scrunches up; the frame is filled with her joy.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2019
I open the door for them, and Tressa scrunches up her tiny, pale face as she enters.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
David Modica, headphones around his neck, hoodie sleeves scrunched up, took the mic at a Marblehead, Mass., meeting this week and asked the question facing every American town pushing back against new housing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Or a small, scrunched face slumbering in a stroller.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025
Manage your draughts by putting a black bag with scrunched up paper up an unused chimney, or try limiting other draughts around the home.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2025
When ISA President Fernando Aguerre informed Aguirre on Friday that she had qualified, her face scrunched up on camera as she started to cry.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
“I don’t like it,” Pita scrunched her chubby face in disgust when they propped the dressed body up against the mesquite’s trunk.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
When Jimmy is passionately advocating for something and Kayla is in the same frame, she’s often gesticulating, scrunching up her face or emitting noises like “pffffft.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
At Y/Project, Glenn Marten continued to rework the classics – twisting a trench and scrunching its form with the aid of a wired hem.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2021
But when a midwife placed the baby in her arms — the tiny girl scrunching her face up and yawning — Hiyam knew that she had to protect her.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2019
Anywhere we mention a skillet or pan, it was large enough to provide a wide margin around the strips of bacon, such that its shape wouldn’t have contributed to any scrunching.
From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2019
When I sit down, I wince, scrunching up my whole face.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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