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crimped

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verb

past tense of crimp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for crimped
Adjective
  • The set comes with six colorful glasses that have a wavy design reminiscent of a flower.
    Isabel Garcia, People.com, 8 July 2025
  • There’s no one-size-fits-all, since fine hair can range from pin-straight and silky strands to frizzy, wavy hair.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 5 July 2025
Adjective
  • Some waved flags, some rode on shoulders and, over the noise, dozens tried in vain to call back home where the sun was just rising.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 8 July 2025
  • Large trucks carried the on-display coffins through the heart of Tehran as crowds dressed in black and waved flags.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • The 737 Max was grounded for almost two years, and a flight-control system, which was later tweaked, was implicated in both of those crashes.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Moscow, like Kyiv, has used a broad range of drones that are updated and tweaked as often as every few weeks.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Best for Frizzy Hair: Living Proof No Frizz Shampoo For dry, frizzy hair, Rogerio Cavalcante, hairstylist and owner of Second Floor Salon in NYC, swears by this Living Proof shampoo.
    Annie Blackman, Glamour, 14 July 2025
  • Mango butter provides that lush, soft feel and lightweight moisture, while rose water calms the scalp and smooths frizzy hair.
    Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • Back came Rhea, who folded Iyo with a German Superplex for a nearfall.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The Starliner crew members were then folded into the Crew-9 mission, whose spacefarers are continuing to serve out the full duration of their orbital stay.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Today, kinky books make up an established genre, one that shares front-table space with other major releases and possesses its own classics and conventions.
    Lily Burana, The Atlantic, 1 July 2025
  • Luster follows the thorny misadventures of Edie, a disaffected publishing employee who enters a somewhat kinky affair with Eric, a digital archivist living in New Jersey.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
Verb
  • Every plot point is wrinkled or changed in some fundamental way.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The vinyl decals, featuring salmon crying to get beyond the first of the dams, were wrinkled, the banner itself battle-scarred in places.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The back half of the car is crumpled in on itself, the windows are shattered and the patrol car was physically turned off the road by the force of the crash.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Video posted to the Citizen app showed a BART police vehicle smoking with its front end crumpled.
    John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Crimped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crimped. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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