crumple
verb (used with object)
to press or crush into irregular folds or into a compact mass; bend out of shape; rumple; wrinkle.
has crumpled
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present perfectof crumple (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Your entire world has crumpled, and without the benefit of traveling to see people and receive their personal condolences, you are quite naturally continuing to grieve.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2021
Questioning the purpose of fencing off empty lots beyond the “control of how humans are acting in spaces,” Ms. Burns has crumpled fencing material into figurally suggestive sculptures and coated them with iridescent paint.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2018
Still, the deal would most likely prompt renewed nostalgia for a once-powerful industry that has crumpled as circulation and print advertising revenue have declined.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2017
The metal band around its side has scratched and chipped, and some plastic on the corners has crumpled up.
From The Verge ● Nov. 6, 2015
And ever since that time the Bull-Frog's back has crumpled wrinkles in the lower part, showing the prints of Glooskap's awful squeeze.
From Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland
