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Meanings of crumpling in English

Spanish
estrujar

Pressing or twisting into a compact mass of irregular folds or wrinkles.

estrujar
Usage of crumpling in English
1
He bowed very low, crumpling the paper before him in both hands.
Oberheim (Voices): A Chronicle of War
2
Ray read the letter carefully, crumpling it at last in savage wrath.
The Sky Line of Spruce
3
He heard a sharp gasp and a body crumpling to the floor.
The House of Toys
4
He felt himself slowly crumpling, his hurt body folding in against hers.
A reliable wife
5
Her mother was nervously crumpling into a ball her tiny lace handkerchief.
A Lost Leader
6
Leaning over her shoulder, he felt her hair crumpling against his breast.
The Golden Snare
7
Derek falls backwards to the ground, groaning loudly, crumpling into a ball.
Night of knives
8
Nose ridges flapping so quickly they sounded like crumpling paper, he gasped.
The truth of valor
9
The focus was drawn to Zaha crumpling under Jon Flanagan's challenge.
The Guardian
10
And the young men walked away, each crumpling his letter in his pocket.
The Virginians
11
Ralph dropped into a chair, crumpling the letter in his hand.
The Custom of the Country
12
Peter took the daffodils and began absently crumpling the waxed paper around them.
Starr, of the Desert
13
Mamma still sat at the breakfast-table, crumpling and uncrumpling the letter.
Mary Olivier: a Life
14
I landed, crumpling into an adrenaline-filled pile as water poured down my back.
Climbing Magazine
15
You didn't feel guilty crumpling up a piece if you'd made a mistake.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
16
Bast made a crumpling motion with his hands and tossed imaginary papers away.
The Name of the Wind
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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