Example Sentences

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Through playing around I landed on my recipe for scrunched mochi crêpes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

You can put a chimney draught excluder inside any unused fireplaces, or make your own by filling a black bag with scrunched up paper.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Or a small, scrunched face slumbering in a stroller.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2025

“Think about that,” he said, as he scrunched up his face with distaste.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024

He pulled his legs under, scrunched jeans and all, and ran comically to a pile of concrete tubes.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste