Verb (used with object) : That right hook to the midsection crumpled him. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : The bridge crumpled under the weight of the heavy trucks. From Dictionary.com.
Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself towards the table, landing on his knees in crumpled posture. From Wordnik.com. [December 18th, 2007] Reference
The train crumpled up, and some of the cars fell over sideways and fell off, ninety feet into the bottom of a dry creek. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 13] Reference
With the last sentence, his statesmanlike expression crumpled and he slumped like a broken man into his seat. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
My guess is that, if this was Whedon’s concept, it’s one that he pulled and un-crumpled from the circular file. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Wrestler] Reference
Britt knew her expression crumpled. From Wordnik.com. [The Flower Man] Reference
It looked like some kind of crumpled business form. From Wordnik.com. [3rd Degree]
Kathy found some kind of crumpled leaf in a dress pocket. From Wordnik.com. [The Killing Hour]
They're just kind of crumpled up like little toy train cars there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2007] Reference
She was flat on her back, in a kind of crumpled, twisted pile of melting snow and heavy cloak. From Wordnik.com. [The Lark And The Wren]
They yielded one thing, a crumpled paper napkin from La Maison Bleue, though "crumpled" hardly described it; it was in shreds. From Wordnik.com. [Working Murder]
One of the things that supports that theory is that maybe the van back there that is kind of crumpled, it started up on the roadway. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 4, 2007] Reference
"You know, if you wash it, it gets kind of crumpled up and looks very thrift store-y," Ms. Rowley informed him. From Wordnik.com. [Home | The New York Observer] Reference
Some of the country's largest corporations crumpled. From Wordnik.com. [The Top Stories Of 2002] Reference
It is crumpled and warm but the cigarettes are still intact. From Wordnik.com. [Ever. Happily. After.] Reference
I used the same crumpled food bag with the same blue socks. From Wordnik.com. [forest in the early morning] Reference
Daniel Iskaros, 9, pulls a crumpled schedule out of his pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Newsweek Special: Kids @ Work] Reference
We crumpled to the hearth, turned wide eyes up toward the flue. From Wordnik.com. [Jenny Whistled Through The Mail Slot] Reference
And pseudoscientists who find prophecies inside crumpled papers. From Wordnik.com. [Apocalypse When] Reference
He is still holding the stack of crumpled white pages in his lap. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Lives In My Shower] Reference
The gas station sits atop a broken hill of trees and crumpled earth. From Wordnik.com. [Passages] Reference
Her crumpled form of self unfolded, bright and amorphous, a clean slate. From Wordnik.com. [Paper Hearts] Reference
Visitors push crumpled rial notes into cracks to express their devotion. From Wordnik.com. [Looking Inside] Reference
Stingley crumpled to the ground, his fourth and fifth vertebrae severed. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Tatum Dead: Former Raider Dies At 61] Reference
At the bottom he found the crumpled paper bag that had held his treasure. From Wordnik.com. [Chocolate Biscuits] Reference
In the bathroom, he saw an overturned laundry basket and a crumpled bathmat. From Wordnik.com. [Motherhood And Murder] Reference
The last time she raced she ended up crumpled like a paper doll on the Saratoga racetrack. From Wordnik.com. [Back In The Saddle Again] Reference
As Koscielny lay in a crumpled heap near the corner flag, the visiting fans howled with fury. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Cole's exit forces Liverpool to rely on age-old strengths] Reference
The hood of the rental car crumpled, and the air bags blew out, hitting me square in the chest. From Wordnik.com. [ON THE GUY BEAT] Reference
Barkin is gloriously female, but her crumpled smile suggests a guy who lurks mischievously within. From Wordnik.com. [Ghostest With The Mostest] Reference
When one youngster refused, they promptly slit his throat and left his body crumpled on the ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Tears Of A Nation] Reference
Priroda, one of several research modules that stick out like nodes of a Tinkertoy, is crumpled like a junkyard Ford. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy Of Mir: Falling Star] Reference
Willie wears crumpled jeans, wings it onstage and runs his concert venue, Willie's Place, out of a truck stop in Abbott, Texas. From Wordnik.com. [When Wynton Met Willie] Reference
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