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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scrunch.

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Examples

  • Another passenger - a local nurse named Mary - made her diagnosis: "He's drunk," she said in English, scrunching her face in disapproval.

    NYT > Travel 2009

  • Another passenger - a local nurse named Mary - made her diagnosis: "He's drunk," she said in English, scrunching her face in disapproval.

    NYT > Travel 2009

  • She recalls scrunching up the abaya and throwing it in a cupboard and yearning for the trip to the US.

    Australian Islamist Monitor Wendy Larkson 2010

  • I willed them to relax but found myself scrunching up my face again minutes later.

    Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011

  • The room is quiet now except for the scrunching sound of men helping their wives search for Kleenex in their pocketbooks, ignoring the 200 boxes of tissue scattered about the room.

    What They Leave Behind « A Fly in Amber 2009

  • “Those are not sweet hearts!” she said, scrunching up her face.

    Magic Hearts Helen Perelman 2011

  • “Those are not sweet hearts!” she said, scrunching up her face.

    Magic Hearts Helen Perelman 2011

  • “Those are not sweet hearts!” she said, scrunching up her face.

    Magic Hearts Helen Perelman 2011

  • We are the bristling hackles and the belly laughs, the butterflies in our tummies and the scrunching in our balls, the pride in our puffed chests and the anger in our grinding teeth.

    Stoicism, Sophistry and Sodomy Hal Duncan 2009

  • Her transitions — like scrunching up her eyes when "Jane" is thinking, then opening them in wide, thrilled shock when "Deb" realizes that "Jane" has had a thought — are clear without seeming forced.

    Head diva Brooke Elliott is 'Drop Dead' terrific 2009

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