crumple
verb (used with object)
to press or crush into irregular folds or into a compact mass; bend out of shape; rumple; wrinkle.
had been crumpling
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past perfect progressiveof crumple.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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His hands, that had been crumpling up the sheet, were now laid flat before him.
From If Winter Comes by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
