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CRUMPLED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of metal e.g.
Example:
dented fenders
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
damaged (harmed or injured or spoiled)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb crumple
Context examples:
A crumpled, disintegrated newspaper revealed itself as the Chicago Democrat, though the date had been obliterated.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
From his bosom to his lips came the crumpled veil, and he breathed a vow that if valor and goodwill could raise him to his lady's side, then death alone should hold him back from her.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The cabin-boy—and he weighed one hundred and sixty-five at the very least—crumpled up.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Next morning Fred showed me one of the crumpled flowers in his vest pocket, and looked very sentimental.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
From within he produced a crumpled piece of paper, an old-fashioned brass key, a peg of wood with a ball of string attached to it, and three rusty old disks of metal.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
No sooner thought than done, and he crumpled the cuffs spitefully as he flung them upon an unusually dirty floor.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He opened one of his hands, and looked at a note crumpled up in his palm.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He was lounging upon the sofa in a purple dressing-gown, a pipe-rack within his reach upon the right, and a pile of crumpled morning papers, evidently newly studied, near at hand.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He regained his balance by the steerage companion-way and stood there dizzily for a space, when he suddenly crumpled up and collapsed, his legs bending under him as he sank to the deck.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Meg's mild eyes kindled with anger as she pulled a crumpled note from her pocket and threw it at Jo, saying reproachfully, You wrote it, and that bad boy helped you.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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