crumple
verb (used with object)
to press or crush into irregular folds or into a compact mass; bend out of shape; rumple; wrinkle.
uncrumpling
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a word derived from
crumple.
Example Sentences
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She lay back in bed uncrumpling it, expecting nothing....
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
Mamma still sat at the breakfast-table, crumpling and uncrumpling the letter.
From Mary Olivier: a Life by May Sinclair
He turned away, still crumpling and uncrumpling a handful of leaves which he had torn from the wall.
From The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf
But when triumphs have no savour, when the cheek grows pale and the eye darkens, then the dark chrysalis opens, and the rainbow wings begin to spread and glow, uncrumpling to the suns of paradise.
From The Altar Fire by Arthur Christopher Benson
In spring the copse is full of tender points of green, uncrumpling and uncurling.
From The Altar Fire by Arthur Christopher Benson
