rumple
verb (used with object)
to crumple or crush into wrinkles.
rumples
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present tense formof rumple (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The MacDonald Ice rumples where the penguins now live is dynamic and unpredictable, and Antarctic seasonal sea ice levels are close to record lows.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024
A discarded poster, grotesquely distorted by rumples and rain.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
This magical contraption is small, heats up in about a minute, and can easily smooth out everything from everyday rumples to tough wrinkles.
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2018
She is sitting in her El Segundo studio, her hair a short shock of platinum blond that stands to attention when she rumples it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2015
The rumples in Papa- Nnukwu’s belly did not seem so many now, and his navel rose higher, still enclosed between folds of skin.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
