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- noun Plural form of
crumple .
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Examples
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But a bridge which collapses (okay, "crumples") in a controlled, survivable way is better than one which just dumps you right in the bay when a quake hits.
Science Made Cool Cambias 2009
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When he "crumples" on the "loving" breast of his parent (and in my view a person who administers a beating to a living being who is
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There I stand in a gown and high heels, tresses piled femininely atop my head, and yet my shoulders slump forward like a pitcher on the mound, my forehead crumples, and I become decidedly resolute as I recite my carefully composed vows:
Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011
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I catch sight of a fainting over my left shoulder, a woman who crumples onto a bench and is laid flat on her back, exhaling heavily.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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If my dad taught me anything, it's this: An honest guy grabs his sleeve cuffs haphazardly and crumples them unthinkingly as he rolls.
Peter Mandel: Time for Mitt Romney to Roll Up His Sleeves -- Wait, Not Like That! Peter Mandel 2012
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My chest crumples as the park ranger begins to explain how he found his car, then his note, and then his body.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011
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Another argument is that sports like basketball, football and baseball hog the best American athletes—a notion that crumples at the feet of the world's best player, Argentina's Lionel Messi, who's barely 5-foot-7.
Why Can't the U.S. Build a Soccer Star? Matthew Futterman 2011
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There I stand in a gown and high heels, tresses piled femininely atop my head, and yet my shoulders slump forward like a pitcher on the mound, my forehead crumples, and I become decidedly resolute as I recite my carefully composed vows:
Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011
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Another argument is that sports like basketball, football and baseball hog the best American athletes—a notion that crumples at the feet of the world's best player, Argentina's Lionel Messi, who's barely 5-foot-7.
Why Can't the U.S. Build a Soccer Star? Matthew Futterman 2011
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I catch sight of a fainting over my left shoulder, a woman who crumples onto a bench and is laid flat on her back, exhaling heavily.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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