Verb (used without object) : The bridge crumpled under the weight of the heavy trucks. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : That right hook to the midsection crumpled him. 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
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
Her crumpled form of self unfolded, bright and amorphous, a clean slate. From Wordnik.com. [Paper Hearts] 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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