Crumpling

Word CRUMPLING
Character 9
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Definitions and meanings of "Crumpling"

What do we mean by crumpling?

To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.

To cause to collapse.

To become wrinkled.

To collapse.

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The word "crumpling" in example sentences

The transparent sensor tracks up to 10 simultaneous finger touches - we assume that should cover most uses - making possible complex multi-finger gestures such as closing an application by "crumpling" it with several fingers, or playing polyphonic sounds on a virtual piano keyboard. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Little Thady Kilfoyle reported that he had met the strange man a bit down the road, "leggin 'it along at a great rate, wid a black rowl of somethin' under his arm that he looked to be crumplin 'up as small as he could" -- the word "crumpling" went acutely to Mrs. Kilfoyle's heart -- and some long-sighted people declared that they could still catch glimpses of a receding figure through the hovering fog on the way towards ❋ Jane Barlow (1887)

Little Thady Kilfoyle reported that he had met the strange man a bit down the road, "leggin 'it along at a great rate, wid a black rowl of somethin' under his arm that he looked to be crumplin 'up as small as he could," -- the word "crumpling" went acutely to Mrs. Kilfoyle's heart, -- and some long-sighted people declared that they could still catch glimpses of a receding figure through the hovering fog on the way toward Sallinbeg. ❋ Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle (1864)

We made it up as we went along -- learning the sounds of paper by ripping, crumpling, hitting, flicking, drumming -- and, of course, folding. ❋ George Heymont (2010)

I said, pressing my fingertips against my cheekbones, as if the pressure would somehow keep my face from crumpling. ❋ Molly Harper (2011)

The Cut writes, "Hlaska is mostly stuff that a young Silicon Valley employee would wear to work: there's a lot of short-sleeved collared button-downs (perfect for crumpling into a ball at the foot of your futon after a long night of coding) as well as laptop covers and leather messenger bags." ❋ Hilary Moss (2010)

Ah, your colleague, said Anil, crumpling aplum over his rice and spelling out the word as if she were an ESL student and he the instructor. ❋ Ramola D (2011)

She looked down at her gifts and nodded, then sighed, a crumpling kind of sigh that made many of us want to punch the intruders and some of us want to punch the man standing next to him. ❋ Wendy Wimmer (2011)

How would you like to be stuck at your desk for nearly half a century, tearing page after page out of your typewriter, crumpling them up and starting over? ❋ Con Chapman (2011)

The Reman roared and threw off the security officers, one of them staggering backward into the central counter and crumpling to the floor. ❋ David R. George III (2011)

It burned her shoulders like acid, and she could only react with a quiet crumpling sound as her spine turned to elastic and the air escaped her lungs. ❋ Brianne Baxtali (2011)

RAMAPO—A Trailways bus rear-ended a tractor-trailer Tuesday on the state Thruway in the New York City suburbs, crumpling the bus driver's compartment, police said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Then terror flared in the eyes of friends with a better view: of teens and young adults crumpling to the ground, blood streaming from point-blank bullet wounds. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

The picture as is opened with $22 million before somewhat crumpling it was sold more as a thriller than the drama that it was and ending up with $56 million domestic and an additional $106 million overseas on a $65 million budget. ❋ Scott Mendelson (2011)

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