crumple
verb (used with object)
to press or crush into irregular folds or into a compact mass; bend out of shape; rumple; wrinkle.
are crumpling
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present progressiveof crumple.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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You are crumpling your pretty white silk dress.
From Christian's Mistake by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
What is that you are crumpling up there?
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever
