new wrinkle

Idioms and Phrases

A clever device or expedient, a novelty, as in The players added a new wrinkle to victory celebrations by tossing their shirts to the crowd after the game . In the form of simply a wrinkle , this expression dates from the mid-1700s, new being added two centuries later.

Example Sentences

It's a special place that focuses closely on vegetables, definitely a new wrinkle for Houston.

From The Daily Beast

But there is an ugly underbelly to this otherwise charming story and it is not exactly a new wrinkle either.

From The Daily Beast

A fabulous new book, The Siege: 68 Hours inside the Taj Hotel, by Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy, adds a new wrinkle.

From The Daily Beast

But the plug-in technology represents a new wrinkle, enabling the bus to drive several miles on battery-powered electricity alone.

From The Daily Beast

With its network of cafeterias, Google has added a new wrinkle.

From The Daily Beast

That is a new wrinkle to me; the idea of blinding the men up there at the wheel with a powerful light is a good one.

From Project Gutenberg

The children could not discover that time had left so much as one new wrinkle on her well-remembered face.

From Project Gutenberg

Since the war closed the youngest has gained some new wrinkle, the oldest some added gray hair.

From Project Gutenberg

Now all the beds in New Orleans have mosquito nets over them; this was also a new wrinkle on Harry.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a new wrinkle in the game, and one of the hardest things in the world to get away with.

From Project Gutenberg

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