scrunching
- present participle of scrunch.
Example Sentences
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The team logged behaviors from the shifting of silk-producing spinnerets to a scrunching of all legs that resembled a dead spider.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
At Y/Project, Glenn Marten continued to rework the classics – twisting a trench and scrunching its form with the aid of a wired hem.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2021
But when a midwife placed the baby in her arms — the tiny girl scrunching her face up and yawning — Hiyam knew that she had to protect her.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2019
Anywhere we mention a skillet or pan, it was large enough to provide a wide margin around the strips of bacon, such that its shape wouldn’t have contributed to any scrunching.
From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2019
Ifemelu half smiled in sympathy, because Cristina Tomas had to have some sort of illness that made her speak so slowly, lips scrunching and puckering, as she gave directions to the international students office.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
