crumple
verb (used with object)
to press or crush into irregular folds or into a compact mass; bend out of shape; rumple; wrinkle.
is crumpling
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present progressiveof crumple (3rd person singular).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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It’s a mean taunt that comes from a sibling, unaware that civilization is crumpling around him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025
He has still her programme in his hand, and is crumpling it unconscionably, hardly knowing what he does.
From Rossmoyne by Unknown
That knowledge is not the last among the forces that is crumpling up the German resistance upon the Somme.
From War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
