scrunch

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as in to crouch
to lie low with the limbs close to the body the climbers scrunched down on the leeward side of a large boulder and waited for the storm to pass

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as in to scrape
to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound scrunched loose gravel with every footstep

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Recent Examples of scrunch Her freckled nose scrunched, kickstarting Sam’s heart into beating again. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025 Add kale to dressing: Add kale to dressing mixture, 2 handfuls at time, scrunching kale slightly before adding it to the bowl; toss to coat. Josh Miller, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025 Upon being named Best New Artist at last night’s ceremony, the 26-year-old singer took to the stage in a pointy cap (which promptly fell to the floor) and a robe that was scrunched into pearlescent folds. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025 Macchio handled the tricker parts of the storied song with ease, his voice booming over the instrumentation and his eyes scrunched during the song’s final notes. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scrunch
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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
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  • What disrupts the playful opening to what will become a quietly devastating look at PTSD, however, is a sudden cut to a girl crouching next to the body.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Shaver crouched on her knees as the sun started to rise, carefully lifting the hatchlings out of their box and laying them on the sand facing the vast sea, guarding them from crabs and gulls, herding stray hatchlings in the right direction.
    Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
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  • Each page was scraped about seven times on average.
    Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Now, add the wine and scrape any of those yummy brown bits off the bottom of the pan.
    Claudia Alexander, The Mercury News, 5 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
  • After a bear threatened the safety of her grandson, Jane Fonda gritted her teeth and threatened it right back!
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Instead of attempting to channel the Oakland icon by outscoring the Wildcats in a high-tempo affair with the Oakland Athletic League title on the line, Oakland Tech gritted out a stop-and-start 60-50 victory on Wednesday night.
    Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
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  • An investigation revealed the suspect pulled the victim’s hair and scratched the victim’s face two days prior.
    Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The brothers were taken to a hospital, and the younger boy had bruises on his face and body, scratches on his face and head, and was seen walking with a limp, officials said.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2025

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“Scrunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrunch. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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