How to Use crumple in a Sentence

crumple

1 of 2 verb
Definition of crumplenext
Synonyms for crumplenext
  • At the sight of blood, he crumpled to the floor.
  • She crumpled the piece of paper into a ball and tossed it into the garbage can.
  • The car's fender was crumpled in the accident.
  • And then the colt seemed to come apart, crumpling to the ground and tossing Gaffalione.
    — Joe Drape, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023
  • But the Hogs have made a habit of playing it close and crumpling at the end.
    — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Or crumple to the floor and let jagged, snotty sobs shake out of me.
    — Kaci Neves, Bon Appétit, 7 June 2021
  • That’s when his gun fired, and Hutchins crumpled to the wooden floor.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The ground rolled and shook and crumpled and bucked and didn’t stop for more than four minutes.
    — Sarah Fallon, Wired, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Then a pair of jeans crumpled up next to a case of Corona Light.
    — Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2023
  • And with the last one, Breazeale’s body language crumpled.
    — Brian Mahoney, The Seattle Times, 19 May 2019
  • The explosion tore into the sky, and the building crumpled to the ground.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Along the coast, some homes were submerged to near their rooftops, and structures along the ocean crumpled in the surge.
    — Daniel Kozin, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Or the time Hunter Pence crashed into the right-field fence at Coors and crumpled to the warning track.
    — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 4 Aug. 2019
  • In the public gallery, crumpled tissues piled up on the floor.
    — Kelley Manley, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
  • Footage from the scene by WJHL shows the fronts of both vehicles crumpled in.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The woman crumpled to the ground as the suspect headed east on Yamhill.
    — oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Now take just one of those sheets and crumple it up into a ball.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The victim was sitting in a chair and crumpled to the ground, in the disturbing footage.
    — NBC News, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Grab an ironing board, one of these handy irons, and get to work on that crumpled shirt.
    — Popular Science, 27 Dec. 2019
  • The next morning, Sam's found dead with his car crumpled against a tree in Rock Creek Park.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The 36-year-old Bouwmeester crumpled over after a long shift and during a break in play.
    — CBS News, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Along the coast, some homes were submerged to near their rooftops and structures crumpled.
    — Daniel Kozin, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Some 20 seconds later, a shot is heard as the man crumples to the ground, screaming in pain.
    — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The front end of the car itself is also made to crumple, which extends the time of impact.
    — Christine Helms, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The overturned cars were right behind the engines, and seemed to be piled up at least three deep, with some of the cars crumpled.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Astudillo caught the ball, and Arraez crumpled to the ground and was unable to stand on his own.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2019
  • Then, have everyone crumple up their pieces of paper and throw them in the trash.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
  • But sometimes she’d be caught, and her creations would be crumpled up and thrown away.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Old Glory is seen billowing to the ground before the man is seen reaching down to the ground and crumpling up the flag.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The structure crumpled, sending the men, their vehicles and parts of the bridge into the Patapsco River.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
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crumple

2 of 2 noun
  • Bullets to the head, bodies in bloody crumples, people on fire — things of that sort.
    — Dan Barry, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
  • The soldiers then debate whether to take out the person wearing a pink shirt or a blue shirt right before the crack of a shot is heard and one of the figures crumples.
    — Ruth Eglash, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The cells flex to produce initial frictional forces, then cells crumple like a car bumper on impact.
    — Gregg Ellman Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Compartir The sight of an airy outdoor terrace, full of orange trees and low-slung lamps and big, hearty laughs will put your mind (and shirt crumples) at ease.
    — Gemma Askham, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Mar. 2018
  • As Ali's children lift him into bed, his face crumples in pain and exhaustion.
    — John Wendle, Scientific American, 17 Dec. 2015
  • Seat belts won’t prevent all fatal car crashes, but cars also come with airbags and crumple zones.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2020
  • At Nation Bluff, a ranger had left a crumple of newspaper and dry kindling inside the woodstove.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2020
  • Weeks later, Schwab announced the purchase of one of those rivals, which had seen its stock price crumple after Schwab’s announcement.
    — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2019
  • On the stoop above, a couple argues; and a woman on one of the benches crumples dollar bills into her wallet, then lowers her face into the steam of her curry.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2018
  • Not an open sob, not an angry cry out loud, just a quiet crumple to which my brother responded with a couple of sympathetic pats on the knee.
    — Jodie Briggs, Longreads, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Pinned up against unyielding bedrock to the north in British Columbia, Washington crumples and cracks under the north-south compression.
    — Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times, 13 July 2019
  • And there were Sean and Sandy Anderson, a prepper couple who’d seen their camping and tactical goods business crumple and drove over from Idaho.
    — Leah Sottile, Longreads, 15 May 2018
  • The woman comes back out 45 minutes later and slowly crumples onto the unfinished patio deck, unable to rise.
    — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Just like seat belts, crumple-zones and airbags increase the odds of surviving an accident, masks, physical distancing (and common sense) will lower the risk of catching this virus.
    — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020
  • On impact, the collapsible structure flexes and crumples, basically moving in all directions, depending on the angle and force of the crash.
    — Stephanie Pearson, WIRED, 24 June 2019
  • One practice into coach Zac Taylor's inaugural season, the last-place Bengals saw their most indispensable player crumple on the field.
    — Joe Kay, Houston Chronicle, 27 July 2019
  • In addition to the usual air bags, my Ioniq Limited had an energy-absorbing steering wheel, front and rear crumple zones, blind-spot detection with rear cross-traffic alert and lane-change assist, and a rearview camera.
    — Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram.com, 11 May 2017
  • Bullets to the head, bodies in bloody crumples, people on fire — things of that sort.
    — Dan Barry, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2020
  • The soldiers then debate whether to take out the person wearing a pink shirt or a blue shirt right before the crack of a shot is heard and one of the figures crumples.
    — Ruth Eglash, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The cells flex to produce initial frictional forces, then cells crumple like a car bumper on impact.
    — Gregg Ellman Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Compartir The sight of an airy outdoor terrace, full of orange trees and low-slung lamps and big, hearty laughs will put your mind (and shirt crumples) at ease.
    — Gemma Askham, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Mar. 2018
  • As Ali's children lift him into bed, his face crumples in pain and exhaustion.
    — John Wendle, Scientific American, 17 Dec. 2015
  • Seat belts won’t prevent all fatal car crashes, but cars also come with airbags and crumple zones.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2020
  • At Nation Bluff, a ranger had left a crumple of newspaper and dry kindling inside the woodstove.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2020
  • Weeks later, Schwab announced the purchase of one of those rivals, which had seen its stock price crumple after Schwab’s announcement.
    — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2019
  • On the stoop above, a couple argues; and a woman on one of the benches crumples dollar bills into her wallet, then lowers her face into the steam of her curry.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2018
  • Not an open sob, not an angry cry out loud, just a quiet crumple to which my brother responded with a couple of sympathetic pats on the knee.
    — Jodie Briggs, Longreads, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Pinned up against unyielding bedrock to the north in British Columbia, Washington crumples and cracks under the north-south compression.
    — Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times, 13 July 2019
  • And there were Sean and Sandy Anderson, a prepper couple who’d seen their camping and tactical goods business crumple and drove over from Idaho.
    — Leah Sottile, Longreads, 15 May 2018
  • The woman comes back out 45 minutes later and slowly crumples onto the unfinished patio deck, unable to rise.
    — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 20 Feb. 2018

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