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as in to crumple
to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in
crinkled the candy wrapper up and threw it away
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Recent Examples of crinkle
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
Consumers can expect a new ready-to-wear collection, along with a continued focus on the power of the crinkle.
—Dahvi Shira, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 10 July 2024
His face lit up, the eyes crinkled, the smile reached its widest, and the finger wagged at me again.
—Alok Sama, Fortune Asia, 17 Sep. 2024
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Noun
At 15-years-young, Shiloh also enjoys chasing, capturing, and carrying around her toys and crinkle balls!
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
Consumers can expect a new ready-to-wear collection, along with a continued focus on the power of the crinkle.
—Dahvi Shira, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
Philadelphia Flyers fans of a certain age are permitted to shake their heads and crinkle their noses when they’re reminded of the details.
—Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 10 July 2024
His face lit up, the eyes crinkled, the smile reached its widest, and the finger wagged at me again.
—Alok Sama, Fortune Asia, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crinkle
Noun
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Where there once were homes and gardens was now a wide furrow of dirt, as if a giant had swiped his foot across it.—
Eduardo Medina,
New York Times,
29 Dec. 2024
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Will be exciting to see if those Tractor Boys can plough a more productive furrow with a young Seagull flying with them.—
Ali Rampling,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Songbirds coo and chirp from the marshy fringe; tall grasses rustle in the breeze.—
Dan Rubinstein,
Outside Online,
13 Mar. 2025
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Burnett’s filmmaking is equally accommodating, especially in one comic touch: a tree branch that rustles and shakes each time Fish pushes his invisible frenemy out the window.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The ruling Communist Party struck a note of confidence even as markets in Hong Kong and Shanghai crumpled.—
Elaine Kurtenbach,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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The hopes of the best team most of them could remember in their lifetimes crumpled, in an instant.—
Sabreena Merchant,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Over millions of years, rain, flash floods, sandstorms and earthquakes have scoured and wrinkled the soft sandstone into the maze-like badlands.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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They are made of a premium fabric that prevents clothing from getting wrinkled and holds up well to regular use.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For the eventual game-winner in the Wild’s 4-1 victory on Saturday, Brazeau took his hulking 6-foot-6 frame right to the top of the Sabres’ crease where a puck from teammate Brendan Gaunce glanced off the newcomer’s skate and over the goal line.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
22 Mar. 2025
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Foldable screens have visible creases, especially when viewed from different angles or in bright conditions.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The new artwork for Carrie & Lowell centers an image of Stevens’ mother and stepfather, enshrined in a crackling polaroid weathered by time.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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As massive bolts of lightning and energy crackled, Frankenstein’s monster stirred on a laboratory table, its corpse brought to life by the power of electricity.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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As Chelsea, Wood widens her eyes and slants her eyebrows up when confused, bares her teeth and scrunches her whole face in terror, and barely contains her smile when smitten.—
Ashliene McMenamy,
Allure,
8 Apr. 2025
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The fetal folds are creases along the calf’s skin that come from being scrunched inside its mother’s uterus for about 18 months.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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See this steel-case perpetual calendar model, a three-day automatic powered by the company’s 34th caliber developed in-house — but still squeaking in at less than $10,000, a fraction of what most Swiss makers command for a mechanical watch with a calendar that keeps up with leap years.—
Robin Swithinbank,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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House Bill 1277 squeaked out of the chamber with 33 votes, the minimum needed to clear the chamber; 30 representatives voted no, with some Democrats joining Republicans.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Crinkle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crinkle. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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