verb
definition
To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
definition
To cause to collapse.
definition
To become wrinkled.
definition
To collapse.
adjective
definition
Squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds.
example
The crumpled paper was used as packing material.
Examples of crumpled in a Sentence
He crumpled, and she gasped.
Two crumpled dollar bills lay on the bed.
Crumpled in the waste paper basket was a small piece of white paper with a telephone number.
Hopeful, Sofia crumpled up the paper with Dr. Bylun's information.
In an hour, all the costumes were crumpled and disordered.
Finally Fred O'Connor withdrew a crumpled dollar bill from his antiquated change purse and a fountain pen from his jacket pocket.
Draw your own pirate map with charcoal and crumpled linen paper.
Dean stared at the woman's near crumpled figure.
She rummaged around and withdrew a large batch of crumpled bills, spilling several.
Both cell doors had exploded off the cells and lay crumpled across the room.
Some of the older beds indeed are crumpled, but the folding is altogether different in age and in direction from that of the Alps.
When he had read thus far, he crumpled the letter up and threw it away.
The gall is cup-shaped, and its outer surface is crumpled and covered with small warts and hairs.
The crumpled bands mark the bedding, and the fine perpendicular striae in front are the cleavage planes; the fine lines on the darkened side merely represent shadow, and must not be taken for planes of division in the rock.
Thomas Dickson of Edinburgh long ago observed that the most healthy and productive crop was to be obtained by planting unripe tubers, and proposed this as a preventive of the disease called the "curl," which sometimes attacks the young stems, causing them and also the leaves to become crumpled, and few or no tubers to be produced; in this connexion it is interesting to note that Scottish and Irish seed potatoes give a larger yield than English, probably on account of their being less matured.
The stratified rocks in the highlands strike north and south, as if they had been crumpled into folds, in Upper Palaeozoic times, by pressure from east to west.
Bert sat crumpled up in the corner, apparently heedless of him.
You may have a crumpled shirt or scuffed shoes.
In that crumpled air of shrunken faces and gray shriveled hair with the watching windows misting?
The big change arrives on matchday itself, which is where CM5 crumpled in an untidy heap on the turf.
Use crumpled paper as padding for shipping or storing fragile items.
Fill the bottom of the basket with crumpled newspaper and place colorful shredded paper over it.
To build a wood fire put some crumpled up newspaper in the center of the fire ring.
Retain its shape by filling the bag with crumpled bubble wrap.
Use white vinegar and crumpled newspaper to clean windows and mirrors for a streak-free shine.
In the 90s, Felicia's marriage to Mitch crumpled, but she found comfort with former lover Lucas and they discovered the child they shared in Lorna.
Cramped and cluttered spaces will wrinkle and eventually damage some fabrics, and you will fall victim to crumpled collars, squished sashes, and many other fashion faux pas simply by not having enough space.
Dip crumpled newspaper (not paper towels that will leave lint marks) into more vinegar solution and use them to wipe down the window.
After the entire window is cleaned, polish it with dry crumpled newspaper to remove any remaining water marks and streaks.
Create a volcano with crumpled brown construction paper and glue it to the back.
The moon was covered by clouds, and she crumpled the notes she'd taken.
It is, indeed, as if the high land of central Asia had been pushed southward against and over the unyielding mass formed by the old rocks of the Indian peninsula, and in the process the edges of the over-riding strata had been crumpled and folded.
Owing to the use of paper among the threads of the embroidery and sizing in the preparation of the stuff forming the ground, every operation of folding used to cause perceptible injury to a piece, so that after a few years it acquired a crumpled and dingy appearance.
Within the crust of the earth, whether by the contraction of the interior or in any other way, tangential pressures were set up. Since the crust is not of uniform strength throughout, only the weaker portions yielded to the pressure; and these were crumpled up against the more resisting portions and sometimes were pushed over them.
Darian fought himself, groping with glazed eyes for the crumpled Oracle.
His power hit Darian at the same time he did, and the Grey God crumpled, pinned to the wooden deck.
Her dress is badly crumpled but her smile triumphant, beams between her blushing cheeks.
In the half enclosed cockpit the crew were crumpled over the controls.
The letter crumpled in her hands, her vision blurred then tunneled to a narrow point of white light.
Blood poured out on the floor and his body crumpled into a pile.
Them folks who had given the matter a little thought handed the ballots back all crumpled up.
But the Swans then crumpled twice inside a minute around the hour mark to gift Oxford the three points.
This slightly crumpled old picture was probably taken around 1893.
It accounts for why so many houses just crumpled like packs of cards and why older or more solid buildings remained intact.
With a little luck they wouldn't rupture and would be completely crumpled up.
Clad only in crumpled white and red drapery gathered around her waist, Scylla leans forward, gesturing with her hand.
The best utensils for cleaning a barbecue are a wire brush or crumpled tin foil.
Holmes held up a crumpled branch of flowering gorse.
They walk, the run, they fire guns, they fall to the floor in a crumpled heap.
Overtaking her I noticed she clung to the banister with one hand and held a crumpled mitten to the lips with the other.