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Meanings of crumpling in English

Spanish
estrujar

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

        estrujar
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        Examples for "crumpled"
        Examples for "crumpled"
        1
        The crumpled plain rose a thousand feet and higher above the sea.
        Shadows in Bronze
        2
        Bethany stared at the crumpled piece of paper that held Dawson's number.
        Shadows
        3
        Then she placed the crumpled paper in the middle of the table.
        Boy’s Life
        4
        He crumpled it in his hand and threw it on the table.
        The Militants / Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fig...
        5
        The old legend of the crumpled roseleaf was applicable in his case.
        The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
        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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