Definitions
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- adj. Squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of crumple.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. of metal e.g.
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Examples
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Her expression crumpled in the face of his aggression, and she backed away with an offended look in her eyes.
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She gazed up at him, large gray eyes studying his face, and then her expression crumpled and she moved toward him, pressing her face against his plaid.
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Mysteriously Ivanovitch seemed to be losing his composure, as his expression crumpled into a worried frown.
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Her expression crumpled, and she held her arms out beseechingly.
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The train crumpled up, and some of the cars fell over sideways and fell off, ninety feet into the bottom of a dry creek.
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Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself towards the table, landing on his knees in crumpled posture.
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Massive thumbs flicked, effortlessly sending metal crate tops high into the air, defying both their locks and hinges, to land noisily in crumpled heaps on the floor.
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A rictus grin crumpled his careworn face; just another lost soul grimly drinking into the morning, pathetically clutching at the warmth of the false camaraderie of the night before.
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My guess is that, if this was Whedon’s concept, it’s one that he pulled and un-crumpled from the circular file.
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He passes notes when he get away with it; dirty puns scratched out in crumpled paper and passed covertly to comrades-in-arms, ever careful to not let anyone see or hear who shouldn’t see or hear.
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