rumple

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Recent Examples of rumple Hôtel Le Garage: A chic, intimate property that has helped transform a quiet nook of the city into a magnet for the cosmopolitan and artfully rumpled. David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024 For in-person meetings, disorganization looks like this: Carrying too much, shuffling papers, reaching into your bag repeatedly for various things, or looking rumpled like a television detective. Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024 Soon after, Trump walked into the lobby, slightly rumpled, in a long black coat and a white shirt with a few buttons undone. Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024 Hunt Broken Country The best winter range is often rumpled badlands adjacent to hay and grainfields. Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2019 See All Example Sentences for rumple
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rumple
Verb
  • Add a few drops of essential oil (peppermint works wonders) to paper towels, crumple them up, and tuck them inside your shoes.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2025
  • By Tuesday afternoon, the plane wreckage was barely recognizable, camouflaged against the ground by snow plastered across the frozen fuselage, its left wing crumpled and right wing missing.
    Andy Rose, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • They’re made with a stretchy spandex and polyester material that one shopper said didn’t wrinkle in their suitcase, and can be dressed up or down.
    Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Shoppers agree the material doesn’t wrinkle, and it can be easily dressed up for work or down with a pair of jeans.
    Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), individuals may not block access to sidewalks or buildings, disrupt counterprotests, or engage in speech that is obscene, makes knowingly false statements of fact, or incites immediate violence or dangerous disturbances.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Every year, earthquakes claim victims and cost billions in direct economic loss, damaging or destroying homes, tearing down infrastructure, rendering production sites inoperable, and disrupting transport lines.
    David Bressan, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • To use the serum, simply run it through damp hair and blow dry for a voluminous finish, or scrunch and air dry to enhance your natural texture.
    Esme Benjamin, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Rounding out her look was a pair of tall white socks scrunched around her calves and a pair of distressed Coach sneakers.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Now, like other players on this list, some will five goals and 10 points through those 23 games and furrow a brow.
    Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • In his podcast studio, Joe Rogan sat for three hours, cigar smoldering and brow furrowed, as his guest held forth about the dark history of America’s influence abroad.
    Charles Homans, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The Sharks shuffled their lines before the start of the third period.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
  • At the glitzy afterparty, stars shuffled through a packed room.
    Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • There were no indications Thursday of the team folding its cards on the season.
    Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Using a rubber spatula, gently fold the whites into the batter.
    Peter Burke, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Beyond the portability factor, stick foundations' solid, creamy formulation tends to be more foolproof than liquid formulas, which are more prone to creasing and caking.
    Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The creamy liquid formula blends like a dream and wears for hours without creasing, settling or caking.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025

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“Rumple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumple. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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