scrunch
verb (used with object)
to crunch, crush, or crumple.
scrunched
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past participleof scrunch.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof scrunch.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
scrunchverb (used with object)to crunch, crush, or crumple.
Example Sentences
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David Modica, headphones around his neck, hoodie sleeves scrunched up, took the mic at a Marblehead, Mass., meeting this week and asked the question facing every American town pushing back against new housing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 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
When ISA President Fernando Aguerre informed Aguirre on Friday that she had qualified, her face scrunched up on camera as she started to cry.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
After a quick pass of the lunch counter to grab a second salad, I made my way across the atrium to where Regan sat, her forehead scrunched in concentration as she read chapter two.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
