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

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 Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

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.

The face had crinkled like an old newspaper in the muscles of a palm.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)