crinkle
verb (used with or without object)
to wrinkle; crimple; ripple.
had crinkled
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past perfectof crinkle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Some on thick paper and some that looked like they were ripped out of her sketchbook, because they had crinkled edges on the side.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
The face had crinkled like an old newspaper in the muscles of a palm.
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills
From a clear emerald the landscape had changed to a yellowish green, and the huge leaves had crinkled at the edges like shirred silk.
From The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
Ruth’s face had crinkled suddenly into a smile of comprehension, which Graham was too absorbed to notice.
From Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted by Harriet L.
