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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rumple.

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Examples

  • They make you look trimmer through the stomach compared to the three-button style, which can cause rumples and rolls when buttoned.

    You’re Better Than Your Job Search Marc Cenedella 2010

  •  Their rumples remind me that one day I will no longer be smooth for you.

    Your Pajamas Grey Johnson 2010

  • Check out the details that she offers: the expressive faces and very real sense of gravity and danger on the Buffy cover, the rumples and shadows in the Runaways piece to say nothing of the visual one-two of transposing Molly with The Punisher, and the glorious photo-realistic pseudo-magazine style rendering of Kaylee on the Serenity cover.

    Eisner Shakedown: Best Cover Artist - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games 2009

  • I have been having such a hard time keeping myself balanced, keeping show Cat and home Cat in one skin, dealing with the social rumples that inevitably come up.

    Tweets for Today yuki_onna 2009

  • I miss Dennis – he makes me laugh so hard when says to Liz – “hey Dummy!” and rumples her hair.

    Watch '30 Rock,' from EW's New Classics Collection | EW.com 2008

  • On the more visible, vulnerable south side, a huge screen made of stainless-steel panels has been tossed over the building, like a sheet over the back of a chair, and allowed to roll in angular rumples over half of the plaza.

    The State of Mayne's 2007

  • The main thing that rumples my tie is when people from either side ignore the tradeoff.

    False Rape Reports 2005

  • And she has real pettycoats with real rumples and real (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

    CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2004 2004

  • Spook knocked on the door, while Scotty attempted to smooth the rumples in his clothes caused from several hours of hiking around the port.

    The Fearful Summons Flinn, Denny Martin 1995

  • He was fiddling with something deep in the left-hand pocket of his coat, making more wrinkles and rumples in his already rumpled and wrinkled suit.

    Tek Lab Shatner, William 1991

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