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crumpled
[kruhm-puhld]
adjective
rumpled; wrinkled; crushed.
bent in a spiral curve.
a crumpled ram's horn.
Other Word Forms
- uncrumpled adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
He had no possessions that might offer clues: no phone, no wallet, no tickets or receipts crumpled in his pockets.
Sometimes they’d come by in the middle of a snowstorm, plastic bags looped over each arm like ornaments, and you’d feel a little flutter of guilt and gratitude as you tipped in crumpled bills.
"Haven't we already imploded?" one party insider said to me recently, their face crumpled in their hands.
"There were people lying on the ground, one of them was crumpled over," Mr Rashid said.
The roof of one building had crumpled under the force of an explosion.
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